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The more it does something, the more efficient it becomes at doing it, and over time performing the same actions will take less effort. So whereas to begin with, you got breathless with a certain amount of activity, as you do that activity more and more, you will find yourself expending less calories and energy as the body becomes more efficient at doing the activity. So whereas walking at the speed of 6 km an hour for 45 minutes, 5 days a week will cause weight loss, after a month it will cease to do so while consuming the same amount of calories. You then need to vary your weekly workout routine by decreasing the number of calories, or increasing the speed or duration of your walk. Or you could change the activity you do – change to hiking or trekking up a slope for instance, to increase the difficulty level. This will help you continue to make gains. Vary your weekly workout routine to overcome monotony and up motivation Keeping interested and motivated is a big part of a successful workout routine. Doing the same thing week after week can be boring and monotonous, and can make you de-motivated so that you may lose interest in sticking to the plan and find your fitness goals sliding backward. Tips to vary your weekly workout routine Incorporate play into your workout routine. Toss a Frisbee with a friend or with family for an hour and see how tired you can feel by the end of it. This can easily substitute one hour of walking in terms of how many calories get burnt and as for how much fun you had doing it, well that is just a plus! Any game that you play, can be tremendously enjoyable and can be fun in itself other than just the physical aspect of it. It can bring out your competitive streak, make things hugely fun and make you want to do it more and more. Incorporate the outdoors into your fitness routine. If it is the gym that you visit one week, for your next weekly workout routine, go for a bike ride, or a swim or head off into the wilderness for a trek or to the hills for a hike. If weights are a big part of your weekly workout routine; as they rightly should be, then vary this by doing resistance some other way. You can use resistance bands, or use the weight of your own body to create resistance (think chin ups; pushups etc) or add a new kind of weight to your routine. Author Bio: This is a guest post by FitnessHealthZone.com, a premier blog on health and fitness. The blog offers expert advice, tips and information on topics such as exercises, diet and nutrition, body building, exercise equipment, healthy living, yoga, vitamins & supplements. ]]> Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:35:24 -0500 http://fitmarker.com/bodybuilding/reasons-to-consider-different-weekly-workout-routines/ http://fitmarker.com/bodybuilding/optimal-reps-per-set-for-hypertorphy/ The Excerpt: "In contrast, imagine that you work in the 5-8 rep range with 80-85% of maximum. First and foremost you will get full muscle fiber recruitment from the first repetition. Secondly, you will maximize fatigue/metabolic work/volume within that range. Basically, that range of reps and intensities is the one that will give an optimal balance of tension/recruitment and fatigue/metabolic work. And that’s the answer that repeatedly comes up among people in the field who aren’t clueless: 5-8 repetitions. 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