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.

Recently, in the episode 10 ways to keep your workouts exciting, you learned about how to

inject your workouts with fresh and new ideas to keep you motivated for exercise. Well, in this episode, you're going to learn about how to inject your workouts with fresh and new ideas to keep you motivated for exercise.

Well, in this episode, you're going to learn about how to add even more variety to your workout

with seven ways to keep your body from plateauing and getting used to the same old exercise routine.

Number one, mix up free weights and machines. Most gyms have circuit areas. These are typically

special sections of the weight training area where multiple exercise machines are lined up in a row,

and each machine works a specific body part. However, there's no reason that you need to limit

yourself to just using the exercise machines in the circuit.

For example, you could bring free weights, such as dumbbells, into the exercise machine circuit area

and do dumbbell raises before you do, for example, the machine shoulder press,

or you could do dumbbell squats as an alternative to using the leg press.

By mixing up free weights and weight machines, you can ensure that you also have the

choice of skipping any of those exercise machines that might aggravate an injured body

part or just don't seem to fit your body right.

Number two, use cardio boosts. During my weight training routines, I'll often use a

recovery period between my weight training sets to hop on a bike, elliptical trainer, stair master,

or rowing machine, and do 30 seconds to two minutes of intense cardiovascular exercise. In the episode,

which workout burns the most fat, which I'll link to in the show notes,

you learned that injecting these type of cardio boosts in between your weight training exercises

is a great way to turn a weight training routine into an intense calorie and fat-burning workout.

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