There are many ways to stay active and healthy, but here are a few ways to stay productive and reach your goals at the gym!
Don’t spend half your time resting. Rest is important but be sure you’re keeping to avoid wasting time. I find it’s better to take longer breaks when lifting heavy meaning anywhere from 45 seconds to 2 minutes. Otherwise keep the time to a max of 1 minute, this really shocks the body by not letting it fully recover.
The faster you finish a workout means the faster you can get home or means you can increase the amount of exercises. If you find yourself getting bored between rest or just want to change your workout around try supper sets. A supper set is where you do not rest but instead do another set of a different exercise immediately after completing one. I like this because it makes workouts more challenging and efficient. It’s also a great cardio workout, not letting your heart rate drop.
I find it’s best to work another muscle group when supper setting to let the other recover enough to complete the next set. For example, bench press and pull ups, pushups and pull ups, squats and lateral shoulder raises, and anything else you can think of. I also enjoy super setting a weighted exercise with a calisthenic exercise, I find this helps builds muscle endurance. Some examples would be push ups and bench press, cable pull downs and pull ups, squats and air squats and any other variations you can think of.
Increase and decrease your rest time depending on your workout and see what works best for you. It’s ok to push yourself but be sure you’re not pushing yourself too hard, to avoid injury.