Bowflex Fit Tip | Breaking Out Of Your Fitness Comfort Zone

Another New Year is here! And with it another round of popular fitness resolutions: start working out, finally use that gym membership, or pull that dusty piece of home equipment out of the closet. After a few months of holiday eating and drinking, the New Year brings a focus on eating healthy and getting moving. For many this means getting into an exercise regime for the first time, or getting back into fitness, but what about those of us that are already into a regular workout routine? The early risers on the treadmill, the after-work class goers, and home gym junkies. What should we be thinking about this New Year?

For me, I’m making a plan to get out of my “Fitness Comfort Zone” and I invite you to join me. One way to do this is a Drop Set Workout. The concept is simple: perform an exercise at a heavy weight for your first set, then drop the weight for the next set with more repetitions and so forth. If you research this method, you’ll find many different names and variations of dropped sets, including performing the exercise to failure. For the average person just looking to get stronger and mix it up, though, I like to keep it simple: 3 sets: Heavy for 6-8 reps, Less Heavy for 12-16, Light for 16-20.

You are stronger than you think; Pick a heavy weight and go!

Drop Set Workout
Set 1: 6-8 reps
Set 2: 12-16 reps
Set 3: 16-20 reps

1. Squat
2. Bent over Row
3. Low Lunge
4. Bicep Curl
5. Chest Press
6. Plank