How can I get a quick workout at the gym? – Time Your Workouts
Timing your workouts is a very simple technique that can enhance your results at the gym. Here is how to do it:
Lets take the chest workout we use yesterday:
Day One: Chest
Flat Bench Press 5×5
Incline Flyes 4×8
Barbell Curl 4×8
At the end of your workout, you check your stopwatch and it says 30:12:48.
Your goal for next workout: 30:12:47.
It’s that simple. Often times, you’ll be able to shave off 30 seconds off your time. However, if you do worse then it’s clear that you need to improve on certain things. You may have a few problems:
• Need more rest
• Improve diet
• You may be going too heavy
• Your form may need work
Start timing your workouts and get back to me.
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Let’s see… that’s 13 sets in 30 minutes with rest in between. I’m guessing that most of the people who complain about their workouts taking too long are spending more time than they think between sets. I was. I started timing my rest. It sped me up.
I remember someone famous saying that anything more than 2 minutes of rest between sets is too much. (Who said that? Was it 2 minutes or 1 minute? I’ll have to double-check that.)
I find that (for myself) shorter rests lead to a better workout anyway.
Good luck, everyone!!! Have fun!!!
Ben – You’re right. You’ll see surprised how much work you can get done in such a short amount of time.