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Workout Less, But Get Better Results! (Part 3)

Workout_less_but_get_better_resultsIf you have tons of free time and love hanging out at the gym than this information probably isn't for you.

This topic is for everyone else who doesn't have very much free time (or hardly any), but wants to stay in shape.

The best way to complete your resistance workouts to get in shape fast is to use supersets or trisets. A superset is simply 2 exercises done back-to-back and trisets are composed of 3 exercises in a row without resting (don't worry about using the same body parts for all exercises).

Using these methods you reap all these benefits:

1. Keep your heart rate elevated
2. Burn more calories
3. Interval style training
4. Tone and tighten your muscles
5. Complete the same work or more in less time
6. Cut down on your workout time, but still get the same (or far better) results
7. Increase both aerobic and anaerobic capacity

Now that you know this little trick there's no excuse not to pencil in 30 minutes most days of the week to fire through 2-3 supersets per workout!

Check out my previous posts here on supersetting.

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