Does the body really get "bored" of work-out routines?!
Question: I know it's best to switch up your routine, but I also keep hearing that certain work-outs, when repeated so many times, lose their effectiveness, and that the body will quit responding to them. Is this true? And to what extent?
Answers: I know it's best to switch up your routine, but I also keep hearing that certain work-outs, when repeated so many times, lose their effectiveness, and that the body will quit responding to them. Is this true? And to what extent?
It's true to a certain extent.
For example, let's say you do 10 push-ups every morning for your workout. Then one day you decide to switch to 20 push-ups every morning - you'll increase your strength. However, if you do 20 push-ups every morning for 1 year, you're not going to build up more strength.
However, if you go from 10 push-ups to 0 push-ups, you'll lose strength. The upside is that in 1 year if you go from 0 to 10 push-ups, you'll gain strength back.
So it's not that workouts lose their absolute effectiveness, but they will lose relative effectiveness.
Crunches are another good example. If you can do 25 crunches, your abs are pretty strong. Doing 1000 crunches instead isn't going to help much more. You'd be better off adding weight or trying a slightly different exercise.
To simplify:
Doing the same workout will *maintain* fitness, but it won't build it.
I have never worked out in my life. My work out is mowing the lawn with a push mower instead of a rider. Planted a garden and do that work. Walk the dog for 2 miles a day. Eat healthy food. Dont pay to workout do it at home.
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muscle groups interact and are like support networks. the muscles can max out and then need extra support from other muscle groups that are not strengthened, when that extra support is not there the first group hits a wall and some consider this to be "bored". Actually, switching up is what accomplishes the task and a muscular system that is constantly in therapy is a happy muscular system. This new field is referred to as Psychotherapy Fitness and is really cutting edge.
Yes it's true. Your body does get used to certain exercises. It's a good idea to find many exercises that target the body parts you want and mix them up. If you need help with that, you should try P90x from www.beachbody.com There program lets you get good at a few exercises and then makes them more challenging to keep your body from getting used to it.