Road Bikes Help Shorten The Hours Spent Exercising
When you ask someone how long they usually spend in the gym, a typical response is at least an hour, sometimes two, just so they feel like they have really worked out.
Based on these kinds of typical responses, you can imagine how surprised many of these same people appear to be when I tell them that I only workout for 30 minutes a day, yet still get the kind of results that they do! Many of them will say; how can you ever get results doing that?
For some people however, they simply have too little time in each day to do any more than 30 minutes of exercise at a time. It is not laziness, but purely a lack of time to spend 1 or 2 hours in the gym several times a week.
But is it really possible to do a workout in 30 minutes that will bring real results? The answer is a definite yes, but you will need a few simple strategies to make it happen.
Start with a plan written for everyday that you will be doing exercise on. Write down all of the exercises you will be doing for that day and write down all of the weights you will be using for each exercise. Write down how many sets you will be doing for each exercise and how many repetitions you will be doing during each set. If you use road bikes to get to work then count this towards your cardio exercise as your heart rate will be increased.
You should split your body into spate exercise routines. So if you do your arms and back on Monday and Wednesday, on Tuesday and Thursday you can do your legs and stomach. This way you can spend less time in the gym by doing half the exercises.
Try not socialising too much at the gym. While being friendly is ok, don’t let yourself get distracted by having a conversation with others in the gym. The more time you spend talking, the less time you have to concentrate on weights and aerobic. Explain to people wishing to talk to you that you are on limited time and you just can’t stop what you are doing at the moment or better yet, put on a pair of headphones before you begin your workout; they’ll get the clue.
Do not mix a weights work out with cardio. On days you are not doing weight training, you can spend 30 minutes on the treadmill or on road bikes. This way you can do a full workout in 30 minutes. Combining the two only means you will have to spend more time in the gym and time spent in the gym is what you are trying to cut down on.
