Hey guys, welcome to my first blog post!

As all of you have probably heard, we’re in the middle of a pandemic that seems to get progressively worse month to month and thus affects our ability to train at our local fitness facilities. I’m sure a bunch of you out there have had to manoeuvre around this inconvenience so today I wanted to share my thoughts on home workouts and how you guys can get that same rush at home that you normally get at the gym.

The most important thing about training at home is staying consistent…sounds simple but this is the biggest difference between home workouts and gym workouts. You don’t leave your house when you train at home so for most people it’s really easy to find a convenient excuse to get out of your routine and tell yourself that it’s okay to skip your workout because it wasn’t gonna be that great anyways. But the fact is that your work ethic and ability to test your limits is whats gonna make these workouts worthwhile and really effective for you day in and day out.

Now how do we get to have these effective workouts?

PUSH YOURSELF! The goal is to design your workout around shorter rest intervals and practicing time under tension as much as you can. For example, if you were to do a set of pushups at home, start super slow with your reps (keep good form) and give yourself a really high rep range to aim for. Even if you get nowhere close to that rep range, you still push yourself to the best of your ability as it’s more effective to reach for a high rep number than pushing yourself until failure (humans love numbers). Once you finish your set, give yourself a really quick rest interval (ideally 30s or less) and go right back to the pushups. Try to do this over the course of a few sets and each time slowly start to increase the speed of your reps. Since you’ll be fatiguing much quicker at this point, the faster tempo encourages more reps which allows your body to get enough of a stimulus to properly tear the muscle fibres and give you that feeling of a great workout!

You can apply this technique to most bodyweight exercises at home. Just make sure you stretch and warmup properly before, during and after your workout.

Hope you guys enjoyed the first blog and definitely expect some more coming your way in the near future! I also do my own podcasts as well so be sure to follow NashDPodcast on Spotify or Apple Music so you don’t miss any new episodes. Take care everyone!