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“In order for physiological systems to adapt, they need to be overloaded.” Whether that means hitting the weight room and “lifting heavy things,” pushing yourself to your limits on a stationary bike for a few moments (rinse and repeat), or adding some all-out sprinting to your cardio routine, including anaerobic exercise in your routine is a major
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Alternatively, you may choose to do anaerobic workouts on some days of the week and aerobic on others. Whatever you choose to do, stick with what you enjoy and make sure to vary levels of intensity. Also, taking one to two days off per week for rest ensures that you do not overtrain, which can have deleterious effects.
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The logical way to meet the above requirements is to: 1) reduce the reps to 4-6 per set to allow for heavy weights; 2) perform many, 10-20 on average, sets; 3) terminate all the sets a couple of reps before failure to avoid premature fatigue which would force the reduction in weights or/and sets.