What we do often, we make easy. That is the plan anyway. Our bodies are always looking for the easiest route; call it a system conservation oversight, or, better yet, survival.
In essence, our bodies are looking to do more with less. So, that elliptical routine is less effective tomorrow because your body is ready for it: mentally, chemically, physiologically. Heck, you may even begin to carbo-load the night before in anticipation for a great work-out.
There is the first symptom: planning and consistency. Regular schedules allow our bodies the foresight of regimentation. Your body hopes for that consistency, so it can allocate systems accordingly, so it can effectively do more with less. Survival mode. But look around, we are creatures that have lost survival mode attitudes and instincts. And, by the way, adding length to routines or increased weight or sets is actually counter-productive. This adds stress to the body which adds to the equation stress hormones and injury. You see you only need to increase weight and reps if the body is prepared for the attack. If the body is unprepared, work-outs are shorter and more intense.
For those that train regularly, work-outs can sometimes become these behemoths of effort that await you on work-out days. What is ironic is that they only get longer because so much is an anticipated step of this “process” towards an ideal self that may not even be right for you and your over-worked body.
Variety of movement and short, burst routines -anytime and anywhere. Add to that a diet low in processed foods and you’ll be keeping your body on its toes by not allowing a pattern to emerge. Because as soon as your body sees a pattern, it starts trying to save on its systems, trying to do less in order to survive.
Don’t survive..LIVE!
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