| | | | | | | | | Make Workouts Harder—Not Heavier | | | | Take your training to the next level. Increase the difficulty of your favorite moves without adding weight. | | | | There comes a time in any program when the exercises become too easy. Time to load the bar up with more weight, right? Likely not. The most popular and obvious progression to increase the difficulty of any exercise is to add weight, but chances are, it isn't always appropriate. There are a lot of additional exercise varieties that can increase the difficulty of an exercise without focusing on extra poundage. Some focus on tempo whereas others provide a slight variation in exercise depth, speed, or direction. Dan Trink, director of training operations at Peak Performance in New York City, uses a variety of progressions in his programs including "pauses in disadvantageous positions, altering tempo and total time under tension." Rather than solely focus on weight, add these variations to your workouts to increase strength levels and prevent plateaus. More > | | | | | | | | | | | | Also Check Out: | | |  | | | | Exercise Swap-Outs | | | | Stiff-leg deadlifts, V-grip seated rows, and more moves you should switch out for your best results ever. | | | |  | | | | Sneak In More Veggies | | | | Try this easy recipe for a hearty side that will satisfy seasonal comfort-food cravings. | | | |  | | | | Background Check | | | | Five creepy online tools she uses to dig for dirt on you—if there's any to find, of course. | | | | | |  | | | | The Everything Duffle | | | | The Coach Bleecker Duffle is one of our top picks for the season. Lug this everyday bag everywhere. | | | |  | | | | Nuggets Wage War… | | | | On junk food. Denver head coach Brian Shaw blames it for team's sluggish starts. | | | |  | | | | Maximize Your Cardio | | | | High-intensity interval training (HIIT) defined, plus how to do it at your gym. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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