As I sit here typing, my back, shoulders, and arms are hurting! If I move my legs around, they’ll groan in protest. I haven’t had a workout that killed me like this in a long time. (I just want to go to bed!!)
I totally switched up my workout and did a bunch of new moves that use a lot of ballistic and full body movements. I rested as little as possible to keep the heart pounding. Yowzer. I’m feeling it.
Now, I’m used to working out with heavy weights, running eight miles, or taking the free spin class for 75 minutes. So why was this so tough?
Because it was so different.
No matter how good you get at certain exercises (and how great in shape you think you are), there’s always something new that’ll whoop you into shape.
Anytime you throw something new at your body, it has to adapt. It has to use different muscles and different muscle recruitment patterns. There’s a new demand placed on your body it never experienced before. This causes a work overload – and this is what you want.
As your body has to work hard to adapt, your heart is gaining strength, your fat is burning, your muscles are defining… Need I say more?
Stop doing the same old thing. Do something totally different and totally hard.
