Training is hard work.
You sweat, you pound.
But if you keep on doing exhausting monotonous physical activities for years, you will give up in no time.
Most people get tired of running on the treadmill and lifting weights weeks after weeks.
Also, your body will adapt to your usual cardiovascular and weight training so these exercises will be less and less effective.
You can actually make working out enjoyable and exciting by adding some different flavors once in a while.
At the same time, new types of exercises will shock your body and reduce the plateau effect.
Test out the following activities to make your life fun, yet still burn fat and build muscle.
But remember, your weight training is still the core! 1.
Sandbag Training - Box it! You will find sandbag exercises really intensive but exciting.
They will make you sweat like hell and increase your fat metabolism.
Also this type of exercise make your whole body works in very different angles.
Look at boxers, they are lean and ripped! 2.
Staircase Workouts - Such simple but extremely effective exercise.
Plus you can do it everywhere.
It is great as cardiovascular training and also as weight training.
Running up and down a staircase makes your big muscle groups work like crazy.
You will feel your leg muscles, especially quadriceps and calves burn afterwards.
3.
Swimming - Full body workout that improves both your muscles and your joints.
The most effective way to swim and challenge yourself is to do sprint under water.
Swim as fast as you can for 100m then rest for 30 seconds.
Take another sprint and so on.
You can do different styles like butterfly, breaststroke, freestyle...
each time.
Swimming once or twice a week is great for your body.
4.
Outdoor exercises - Mountain biking, rock climbing...
strenuous activities that make you sweat and build serious muscles.
At the same time, you have a chance to get some fresh air and enjoy nature! 5.
Jumping exercises - squat jumps, box jumps, lunge jumps...
They guarantee to make your leg muscles burst.
Let's make it fun by putting about 5 obstacles on the floor.
You can do 20 squat jump rounds over them, back and forth.
Then immediately do another 20 rounds back and forth of toe jumps, almost touching your heels to your buttocks each time.
6.
Rope skipping - another type of simple and quick exercise.
You can make it fun by doing many types of skipping: one-legged, double-legged, or even squat skipping.
Boxers skip a lot because it is an effective workout that combines both cardiovascular and strength training.
You can also combine a fast speed skipping in 20 - 30 seconds with endurance keeping for one minute or more.