Active Rest

Take advantage of time in between sets by staying active. Rather than talk, pace or stair, consider the following ways to keep your body (muscles) working while you rest;
• Stretch: Stretching after a movement allows your muscle to expand it’s ability to grow
• Body weight motions: Mimic the exact movements you are doing with the weights or any other movement patterns
• Train another body part: This is known as a “antagonistic super set”
• Flex: As corny as it sounds, when you flex a muscle, you are contracting it and therefore making it work (building and burning!)

Whichever option (s) you should to integrate into your routine, don’t spend your time sitting around talking. Allowing your heart rate to return to normal will decrease the amount of calories burned. Staying active while you rest will not only get you a better workout, you will be in and out of the gym quicker!