That's Fit

It's always a good idea to mix up your workout routine every so often; ideally, changing it every 4 to 6 weeks. If you don't, your body will become so accustomed to the workload that it will no longer show results. Day after day, week after week, month after month of working out, and you'll have the same body to show for your effort then as you do now. That is, as I said, unless you change your workout every so often.

Never one to not practice what I preach, I realized yesterday that I have been following the same workout for just over a month. Purposely using the past five weeks as a bit of bulking-up phase (upping my caloric intake, training with heavier weights for fewer reps, cutting back on cardio a bit, and supplementing with creatine), I've now adjusted my training and diet to help show better definition in the little bit of extra size I threw on.

Insofar as my diet is concerned, I've cut back on calories and stopped taking creatine (which is a great supplement for building muscular size and strength, but it can sometimes cause you to look a bit puffy). As for my workout, I've ramped up my cario sessions again and, regarding my resistance training, I started following a circuit training routine.

This build-then-cut program is followed by many people, especially those who have been training for a number of years. However, for those of you who are strictly looking to drop pounds (rather than bulk up), focus only on the "cut" phase of the program, but still be sure to change your workout -- in some way, shape, or form -- every 4 to 6 weeks.