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10) Make Your Workouts Harder SlowlyAs you know, our bodies are homeostaticorganisms that are resistant to change. Sowhat do you think happens if we use thesame exercise routine with the sameintensity over and over again? Yes, you areright - our bodies adapt and cease tochange.While it’s ideal to progressively increasethe intensity, or difficulty of the workouts,we don’t want to make them too hard tooquickly. Small improvements over time add up to big improvements andprogressing your workouts slowly should help decrease the risk of injury.Several variables can be altered in your exercise routine to make it morechallenging over time: Frequency (# of workouts/week) Duration (length of workout) Sets per Exercise Reps per Set Rest between Sets Resistance / Weight Types of exercise Order of exercises Tempo (speed of each rep)Designing a safe, effective fitness program that is appropriate for your specificfitness level and goals can be a complex task. It took me 5 years to develop andrefine BuiltLean Transformation, which is an 8-week fitness program for busy menand women who want to get lean and strong with as few short workouts a week.While all this may seem a bit overwhelming and confusing, let’s make it simple. Yes,may achieve better results if you have a program that has progression and variationbuilt into it, but you can still make progress just by making your workouts harder(lifting a little more weight, running a little faster, etc.) slowly over time.©2015 Elite Training Partners LLC DBA BuiltLean - All Rights Reservedwww.BuiltLean.com 14