When you stop feeling your exercise?

[Anonymous]

So this may be a dumb question but I Googled it and didn't come up with an answer so here I am.

When you stop feeling your exercise does that mean it has stopped working?

I have (or had) a rather vigorous workout routine that I do. Only lately it's gotten super easy for me - so easy to the point that I don't even feel like it's doing anything. I used to be able to feel it a lot and felt that I had a great workout when I was done with it.

So since I no longer feel it does that mean it has stopped working or is it still working?

Should I add sets or weight to my workout to feel it? Or do you not necessarily have to feel a workout for it to work?

[scottsilver81]

when you exercise, the burn is your body tearing and repairing itself making it stronger,

thus if the burn has stopped you body has adapted to it and you need to change your routine or increase the weights or resistance within your workout.

consider which exercises you like.. and which you don't like as much, increase the resistance for the ones you like and modify or change the others that you like less, but replace the exercise with one that works the same muscles... for example

press ups.. change to bench press where you can increase the resistance easily to challenge you...

what are your workout goals?

[Asker]

I just want to tone. I still feel the workout in my arms and legs but my midsection has gotten stronger I guess and more defined but I'd like it a touch more defined. So maybe add weights to some of my exercises? Or different midsection exercises?

[scottsilver81]

adding weights if you have them makes sense, but also add in a couple of moves to target your abs.. are you doing a torsion twist (sorry I can't add lnks yet) ? and I'm assuming your doing the an ab bicycle or leg lifts?

[Asker]

I'm doing all floor work. My gym has ab machines but I find them awkward because I'm so short and small boned. I do sit ups, side crunches, normal crunches, planks, side planks, leg lifts, Russian twists, backwards planks, bridges, and spirals.

[scottsilver81]

HAHA I think I know why your finding your abs section too eay! it seems like you really do have strong abs! has your gym got anywhere you can hang off? is so do straight leg lift to horrizontal.. if that is too easy and you get past 12 reps, hold a weight between your feet and try again... keep adding weight till, it challenges

next do you do decline sit ups? add a 10kg plate to start with, increasing till you can only do 12 reps

[Asker]

Yeah lol the weighted straight leg lift sounds like it might be hard. We'll see how coordinated my feet can be when I try that tomorrow! Thanks :)

[scottsilver81]

anytime if you want more exercises just drop me a message

[AdamThomas]

If it's too easy you need to increase the weights. A lot of people will say that you need to change exercises completely to shock your body, but you don't. All you need to do is keep adding weight to the bar and make sure you keep on progressing further.

[Stacyzee]

It didn't stop working but you won't see any further improvements in your body

(because it's use to that routine).

This is why people like to alternate between routines or change it up.

[Anonymous]

Your body is now used with that workout and it won't be as effective as it was before. Try varying your workouts a bit and you will notice a change.

[kheserthorpe]

Soreness after the fact isn't a good guideline.

If actually doing the workout is not challenging, you probably want to increase the difficulty or change it or revisit your plan, but feeling good afterward is not a bad thing.

[Asker]

No it's during that I no longer feel like I'm working.

[sovetskii13]

If a workout is getting too easy, you need to increase the resistance / weight. If you don't, your muscles won't continue growing because there is not enough pressure on them.