Clients get bored fast, so do trainers. While most people only know three or four exercises for each body part, a personal trainer is expected to know thirty to forty exercises for each body part. The last time I checked, the elbow is still a hing joint, so that means for biceps we are only able to perform flexion, triceps only extend so how do we keep the workouts fresh?

Here are a few ideas to help 10 change up your clients workout to ensure they are optimally challenged so their bodies will not adapt and that no one gets bored.

1. Change your exercises. It's easy to get comfortable doing the exercises you are most familiar with but it's important to try new ones. And, there are so many different exercises to try you could easily try new exercises every week for an entire year!
2. Try different equipment. Don't get in the exercise machine rut. Try exercises using dumbbells, resistance bands, fitness ball, and medicine balls.
3. Try circuit training. This method requires you perform a series of exercise moves one right after the other with little to no rest between the exercises.
4. Alter the order of exercises. Simply changing which exercise you do first, last and in the middle can have big results on the effectiveness of your routine.
5. Change the intensity. If you normally push your clients to lift weights that fatigue you quickly (less than 8 reps), try lowering the weight size and simultaneously increasing the number of reps.
6. Try a super set program. This type of workout technique has you perform several sets of two for agonist and antagonist muscles (opposing muscles). An example of this would be leg curls followed by leg extensions.
7. Alter the speed of your training technique. A typical exercise might require 8 seconds to perform a rep. To change that up you may try 15 seconds per exercise.
8. Take a client outside for a change of scenery. Be sure to plan your workout before you head out.
9. Don't ignore rest and recovery time. Sometimes you'll want to keep your rest time between sets to a minimum and other times you may want it to be as much as 1-2 minutes. Also, some weeks you may want to allow for several days of recovery between workout sessions and others may only need 48 hours.
10. Workout with your fellow trainers and ask other trainers for ideas. Trainers can be proprietary about exercises, but plenty of trainers are happy to help.