RIO Fitness Chicago® Exercise & Nutrition Blog

RIO Fitness Chicago® Tip:

There are different ways to weight train: bodybuilding (gain muscle mass & strength, lean & tone (lose body fat & define muscles), athletic training, etc. Most people in gyms, even women, unfortunately do bodybuilding because of lack of knowledge. They'll do one set of an exercise, usually on a machine, then rest and repeat. That's bodybuilding, and the least effective way to lose body fat quickly & tone up.

For lean & tone: You have to do one exercise then a completely different exercise no rest in between. This will increase the intensity, and after the second exercise you rest 30-60sec & repeat for 3sets. Example: Doing 15lunges, followed by 60sec of jumping jacks with no rest in between; then after the jumping jacks resting & repeating for 3sets. It's called High Intensity Interval Training and it will accelerate you seeing results. YouTube it for more examples.