Vary Your Weight Routine

Varying your routines & exercises does wonders for your body. Your body does get used to what you are doing so you have to continue to challenge it & change things up. Pictured above (care of Oxygen Women's Fitness & Shape) are 2 different exercises for the triceps area of your arm or for some of you, that stuff that always flaps in the wind.

I have been told by people that weight lifting is boring. NOT! There are so many different exercises to chose from to keep you excited about it! For example, the rope pressdown above.. if you check out your gym, there are may different attachments to do this same exercise. There is the straight bar using both a palms down, reverse grip or palms up or even neutral grip. There is the short curl bar, the triangle attachment and an attachment which allows a neutral grip. There are triceps machines in the gym that can mix it up for you as well.

The first picture shows an overhead dumbbell extension. You can change this up by using 2 dumbbells rather than the one, you can do this lying on a bench or even on an incline or decline bench that is at it's lowest position (or play with the position of the incline or decline bench). You can also use a bar instead of dumbbells. You can do straight sets or drop sets where you start at a heavier weight & instead of resting between sets, you can drop to a lower weight immediately & keep dropping (maybe 4 drops or 2 to 3 if 4 is too hard).

These are just a few things to change it up.. there are many more exercises like dumbbell kickbacks, triceps dips, overhead rope extension and more.

Check out exercise magazines or the internet to give yourself an arsenal of exercises to not only keep you excited but to keep your body progressing & improving!!! My Fav Websites area has site you can check out. ENJOY!