Breaking Up with Your Exercise Routine

A friend once described his roommate and his girlfriend as being in "one of those new relationships", you know when everything is rainbows and sunshine and you can't get enough of each other. Each day you spend together you learn something new about the other person, there's always a fresh experience to share or an anecdote about his or her life that's new to you. Slowly, as all relationships do, things start to change. What was once a relationship filled with excitement has become, dare I say it, b-o-r-i-n-g. You start to wonder if there is something out there that could be better.

Just like relationships our exercise routines can become stale if we do nothing to spice them up. With the new year just days away it's the ideal time to get back those lost feelings of excitement. You might need to take a break from your old fitness routine. With every store imaginable offering deals on workout dvd's and fitness equipment there's no better time than now to explore new forms of exercise. How about trying a new class at the gym? Do you generally work out alone? Maybe a fitness buddy is just what you need? Queens of cardio think about taking a pilates class. You, yes you, guy who never ventures out of the free weight area, when was the last time you tried running a mile?

If you want to look forward to your workouts instead of dreading them, you need to keep things constantly changing. Routines that never vary lead to plateaus, confusing the muscles by consistently changing things up leads to progress and satisfaction. When it comes to fitness, breaking up with your routine can be a good thing.

When was the last time you spiced up your fitness routine?