4 Ways to Boost the Intensity of Your Home Workouts

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Adding intensity to your home workouts will not only make your routine more interesting, it can also boost your performance and give you better results. Here are a few ideas on how to make your workout routines more intense.

Reduce Rest Time

HIIT workouts are so effective because they combine intense exercises with short periods of rest. Reducing your rest period to 30-60 seconds is a good way to improve performance and burn more calories.

Use Resistance Bands

Resistance bands are not that expensive and they’re very useful for making every bodyweight exercise a bit harder. They’re versatile and very effective when it comes to building and toning muscles.

Slower Reps

You don’t need special equipment to make bodyweight exercises more demanding, when you can just use slower tempo. These are called time under tension workouts (or TUT) and they’re very effective because the muscles are under tension for a longer period.

Switch Up Workouts

There are a few reasons to switch up your workout routine every once in a while and boosting the intensity of your training is one of them. Your body needs to work harder when adjusting to new exercises and you’ll build new muscles and burn more calories at the same time.