If you've used HIIT instead of regular cardiovascular exercise before, you'll know it has many more fat loss and muscle building benefits. Yet, for some reason, those who want to know how to build muscle often overlook the possibility of incorporating HIIT into their resistance routines. Can it be used to speed up results? You can use it to increase cardio results by up to 5 times, so can you learn how to get a six pack in 3 minutes per day? Today your questions will be answered.
Gone are the days when people need to spend hours working out in the gym after a long, busy day at the office. Nowadays you can get great results in as little as half an hour. []
The levels of variety and intensity are the two most important factors within any solid training program. Variety simply means challenging the body in ways it's not used to. You could simply swap low reps for high reps, or perform exercises in a different order than usual.
Most gym users hit a plateau due to a lack of variety within their program. This comes from doing a program that works initially and provides good results, causing the gym user to want to stick to it, only to find that results begin to slow down over time. It doesn't mean you are no longer working hard in the gym, it simply means your body has adapted to your program, it knows what to expect.
So the first step here is to ensure you never repeat the exact same workout from this point forwards. Even if the changes are quite small, they will still generate fresh progress.
Let's talk about intensity. While everybody likes to think we workout with high intensity levels, the truth is most of us do the opposite. They'll talk to the guy next to them for 5 minutes in between sets, or they'll spend too long playing on their mobile phones between exercises. Keeping a high intensity means minimizing rest times throughout your entire session. Slash rest periods to 30 seconds and you'll feel your next workout far more.
The two main reasons fitness enthusiasts hit plateaus are a lack of intensity and variety. If you can get one, or even both, in check then you will notice a new batch of results in next to no time.
Here is an example of what a high intensity routine would look like for the midsection: []
* Crunch
* Plank Push Up
* Exercise Ball Leg Raise
Each exercise should be done for 30 seconds, with no rest between exercises. When you reach the end of the circuit simply rest for a minute and then go again. Three rounds would take less than 10 minutes. That may seem like nothing at all, given the hours people often spend doing crunches and leg raises in the gym, but the high intensity levels here are something most people cannot cope with.
Learning how to build muscle isn't rocket science, despite the many myths which surround the topic. The simple workout given here will teach you the basics of how to get a six pack in 3 minutes with a quick blast of high intensity circuit training. Try applying these methods to other body parts when you perform your next workout and you'll notice how much the difficulty increases.
Gone are the days when people need to spend hours working out in the gym after a long, busy day at the office. Nowadays you can get great results in as little as half an hour. [
The importance of diet is just one of the five rules touched upon in the video guide on how to build muscle accompanying today's article.
The levels of variety and intensity are the two most important factors within any solid training program. Variety simply means challenging the body in ways it's not used to. You could simply swap low reps for high reps, or perform exercises in a different order than usual.
Most gym users hit a plateau due to a lack of variety within their program. This comes from doing a program that works initially and provides good results, causing the gym user to want to stick to it, only to find that results begin to slow down over time. It doesn't mean you are no longer working hard in the gym, it simply means your body has adapted to your program, it knows what to expect.
So the first step here is to ensure you never repeat the exact same workout from this point forwards. Even if the changes are quite small, they will still generate fresh progress.
Let's talk about intensity. While everybody likes to think we workout with high intensity levels, the truth is most of us do the opposite. They'll talk to the guy next to them for 5 minutes in between sets, or they'll spend too long playing on their mobile phones between exercises. Keeping a high intensity means minimizing rest times throughout your entire session. Slash rest periods to 30 seconds and you'll feel your next workout far more.
The two main reasons fitness enthusiasts hit plateaus are a lack of intensity and variety. If you can get one, or even both, in check then you will notice a new batch of results in next to no time.
Here is an example of what a high intensity routine would look like for the midsection: []
* Crunch
* Plank Push Up
* Exercise Ball Leg Raise
Each exercise should be done for 30 seconds, with no rest between exercises. When you reach the end of the circuit simply rest for a minute and then go again. Three rounds would take less than 10 minutes. That may seem like nothing at all, given the hours people often spend doing crunches and leg raises in the gym, but the high intensity levels here are something most people cannot cope with.
Learning how to build muscle isn't rocket science, despite the many myths which surround the topic. The simple workout given here will teach you the basics of how to get a six pack in 3 minutes with a quick blast of high intensity circuit training. Try applying these methods to other body parts when you perform your next workout and you'll notice how much the difficulty increases.
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Writer: The new video from Russ Howe PTI uncovers how to get a six pack in 3 minutes per day in your own home. If you want to learn how to build muscle quickly , be sure to check out his free guide next.
