Welcome to the Get Fit Guys quick and dirty tips to slim down and shape up. My name is Ben

Greenfield and I'm the Get Fit Guy. Do you ever feel like your workouts are getting ho-hum,

boring, or a bit less exciting? Do you ever feel yourself losing mental motivation to exercise?

Or maybe your body has stopped responding to your workouts, putting you on a weight loss plateau, or an inability to change

your body the way you want to. Well, maybe you just need to inject some fresh new ways to do

your workouts and exercises. So in this episode, you'll learn 10 ways to keep your

workouts exciting, keep your brain guessing, and keep your body motivated. Now, when you change up

your workouts, you of course decrease the chances that you'll get bored with the same old

routine, but the benefits go beyond simply entertaining yourself. In the episode, How to Get

Better Results from Weightlifting, I taught you about a principle an exercise called the said

principle, and said stands for specific adaptations to imposed demands. It means that our bodies eventually

adapt to the demands that we place upon them. For people who lift weights,

this means that you must constantly change or alter your routine in some way in order to burn

more calories, make your weightlifting workouts harder, and get better results. So when you change up

your workouts, you not only keep your brain guessing, but you also keep your body guessing,

which gets you better results. So I'm going to give you 10 ways now only keep your brain guessing, but you also keep your body guessing, which gets you better

results. So I'm going to give you 10 ways now to keep your workouts exciting. Are you ready? Here we go.

Number one, change your position. You usually sit down while doing an exercise, then stand. For example,

a seated shoulder press or seated machine shoulder press could easily be done in a standing position.

Too easy? Balance on one leg while you press overhead.

Or do a squat before you press overhead.

Or get one of those fancy balance devices like a BOSU ball or an air pillow,

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