With life becoming busier and busier, many of us are looking for ways we can make our workouts shorter, yet still maintain their effectiveness.  Getting to the gym for an hour or longer four to five days a week is simply not an option for many of us, therefore we need to think about what we can do to help decrease the total time spent while still getting positive health benefits.

Here are some of the best ways to make your workouts shorter, but still see great results from them.

Consider Supersetting

Supersetting is a training method where you place two exercises back to back performing both without a rest period in between.  Doing so allows you to cut back on the total workout time, without reducing the number of exercises you are doing total.

It should be noted however that you will still need to allow for enough time to recover so you‘re able to lift heavy, so be sure not to short yourself off rest in between the sets.

Good options for supersetting include biceps and triceps, chest and back, and hamstrings and quads.  Since these muscles oppose each other, while one is being worked, the other will naturally relax and rest.

Do Weight Lifting Movements on an Exercise Ball

Another great way to reduce the total time spent on your fat loss workout is to perform some of your weight lifting movements on an exercise ball.

For example, when doing chest presses, perform them while laying across an exercise ball, which will then call your abs into play to a greater extent.

This will then reduce the need to have to devote separate time to an ab workout itself, helping to shorten the time you spend in the gym.

Add Cardio Between Sets

Another way to cut back on workout time is to consider adding cardio between the sets of your weight lifting exercises.

This is best done when performing upper body workouts since the legs should have a chance to rest completely and cardio will not allow this to take place.

Also, you may not want to perform very intense intervals when using this technique as that could still hinder recovery, but working at between 7-80% of your maximum heart rate shouldn’t be a problem.

Cut Out Needless Exercises

Finally, the last way to speed up your fat loss workouts without sacrificing results is to remove exercises that don’t deliver a great deal of benefits from the program that are just taking up time.

This would include a great deal of isolated work such as bicep curls, tricep movements, lateral raises, leg extensions, and so on.

By doing so, you will be able to focus more on compound lifts that will get you good results in half the time.

So, be sure you keep these factors I mind when creating quick, but effective fat loss workouts.