Many people think they need exercise variation to make progress. They swap out their main lifts during each training cycle, or they include numerous movements in their program. This is necessary ...

Exercise variation is one component of fitness program planning that is often avoided. Routines are a good thing for exercise adherence but can create a "rut," where progression is blunted. This week, ...

Everyone likes to be comfortable but it’s a serious problem when that complacency slips into training. One surefire way to see diminishing returns with your workouts, or fall into a rut, is to do the ...

Data sources Cochrane Central, PsycINFO, Embase, Medline and CINAHL. Eligibility criteria Peer-reviewed, randomised controlled trials, in English (1990–present), which examined the effects of exercise ...

Trainer: This Small Exercise Hack Brings Maximum Gains originally appeared on Men's Fitness. If you’re swapping exercises every time you hit the gym, hoping to “shock the muscles,” you’re playing a ...