Workout still affective even if it becomes easy?

[Anonymous]

I started to jump rope about three weeks ago. At first I was really tired after about 15 minutes and totally out of breath. Now I can go up to 45 minutes at a medium speed. I also don't sweat as much. Does this mean the workout is not as affective anymore?

[kaylaS91]

If you do the same workout for longer periods of time, it'll still be effective but will hit a plateau stage. The muscles that are worked out will remember the workout and won't really be pushed or strained enough to be all that worthwhile. Apparently you can keep the same workout, but just changing around the order will fix that problem. (For example, if you usually do core first, then weights, then cardio, try to do cardio first, then core followed by weights.)

[sammy_31]

When it starts to be easy then you are working out well but if you didn't feel like your body was pushed & working hard then you could hit a plateau. Adding variety of workouts will help challenge your muscles & trick them, making them work hard again.

[meowcow]

Whether you feel tired or not, your body still requires the same amount of energy for you to skip rope. Your body has simply adapted to your exercise regime.

That does not mean it's burning less fuel. It means your metabolism has increased in order to handle what you're dishing at it.

[Ferrer]

This means you progressed, now get a harder exercise or increase levels of difficulty

[Anonymous]

still effective, your hearts adjusting and become stronger due to the cardio but as with all muscles you need to keep it up to keep it strong. only increase the work out if you want your heart to be even stronger than it is now, an atheletes resting heart beat per minute is in the 40s and 50s which is the healthiest you can get without going to extremes, if yours is in the 60s you still have room to improve.

[BayHarborButcher]

You probably should switch it up.