How To Simplify Your Workout

Don’t let complicated workout routines hold you back from achieving your fitness goals. This ultimate guide will show you how to simplify your workout and get results. So keep reading.

Ditch the resistance bands – social media is full of flashy workouts with jumps, bands, or other complicated add-ons, but according to personal trainers, they’re not always the best way to get fit for PlayAmo.

Here’s how to know when you should modify a movement to get better results. And when you should stick with the basics. You can and should modify an exercise to work better for your body. Small adjustments that help you perform an exercise in good form can make it more effective.

Certain modifications, also known as “scaling;” help tailor exercise to your individual physiology, capacity, and even how you feel on any given day. While scaling is a great option for beginners; it is not based solely on fitness experience and is a helpful tool for everyone.

How To Simplify Your Workout:

Modifications are great and should not be viewed as something negative.

How To Modify Your Exercises

Some examples include:

• Eccentric reps (or negatives): Eccentric repetitions, which isolate the lengthening or lowering portion of a movement, can help build muscle and strength and help complete more repetitions on difficult exercises like pull-ups.
• Rise/Slope: Changing the angle of a movement to increase or decrease the difficulty – an example is placing the hands on a box or bench for an incline push-up.
• Partial Elevation: used to change the angle of a joint (and thus the range of motion of your body), for leg play, placing a push plate under your heels for a squat to perform the movement deeper.

Modifications can also be a great way to progress if you struggle with limitations such as mobility issues or injuries. Exercises are so individualized that one needs to encourage people to play around with different variations to see what works best for their body.

More intense versions of exercises can increase success, but sometimes can also backfire. Some types of exercise modifications are designed to make the movements more challenging; which can help experienced athletes make further progress once they’ve mastered the basics.

Examples include:

• Deficit: Elevating your body or exercise equipment to create a greater range of motion, such as placing your hands on dumbbells for a push-up so your chest has to move farther before it reaches the floor.
• With band: adding a resistance band to increase tension in a movement (or encourage muscle engagement).
• Plyo: adding a dynamic component, such as a jump, to an exercise.