RIO Fitness Chicago® Exercise & Nutrition Blog

RIO Fitness Chicago® Tip:

Do you have an exercise routine you follow day after day or week after week? If so, FORGET IT! DELETE IT from your brain, because muscles memorize patterns, and that's when we hit plateaus and stop seeing results. EVERY time we exercise it should be something different. If you did cardio today on machines, next time run/walk up & down a flight of stairs or swim laps. Did strength training on machines today, next time use free weights/medicine balls/BOSUs or take a martial arts class or rock climbing lesson. Did P90X DVD for your abs today, next time try yoga or Pilates. Constantly doing something different, shocks our muscles into creating new lean muscle tissue. That helps us burn more calories all day long = seeing results faster.