{"id":80763,"date":"2016-05-25T02:00:47","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T09:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/?p=80763"},"modified":"2016-05-25T09:20:29","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T16:20:29","slug":"tips-to-maximize-workout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/tips-to-maximize-workout\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Tips to Help Maximize Your Workout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;re an &#8220;in demand&#8221; woman with limited free time. If you&#8217;re going to spend an hour of your day at the gym, you want to make sure it&#8217;s worth it. Here&#8217;s how to ensure you&#8217;re getting the most out of your sweat sesh:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spend Time on Both Cardio and Strength Training<\/strong><br \/>\nStrength training helps to tone your muscles. Did you know that the more you build your muscles, the more calories you burn? It&#8217;s important to incorporate strength training into your workout routine, and not solely focus on cardio.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Continue to Challenge Yourself<\/strong><br \/>\nSlowly increase your weight resistance and number of reps in your workout routine. You&#8217;ll continuously be toning your body if you keep challenging yourself.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Focus on One Area <\/strong><br \/>\nFocus on your upper body on one day, and on your lower body the next. Your muscles need to rest after a workout, and this way you&#8217;re still focusing on toning one muscle group while resting the other.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t know how or where to get started? Check out my &#8220;do anywhere&#8221; workout from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theworkoutgirl.com\" target=\"_blank\">theworkoutgirl.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>xoxo,\u00a0Workout Girl<\/p>\n<p><em>For the latest and greatest info on workouts, be sure to check out\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/diet-facts-that-will-change-your-life\/theworkoutgirl.com\" target=\"_blank\">theworkoutgirl.com<\/a><\/em>!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>This story was written by a fab member of our\u00a0Ambassador Network.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":"You're an \"in demand\" woman with limited free time. If you're going to spend an ...","author":62194,"featured_media":80816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,5,3],"tags":[],"thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/24141257\/shutterstock_140428582.jpg","thumbnail_url_middle_card":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/24141257\/shutterstock_140428582.jpg","formated_date":"May 25, 2016","category_name":"Wellness","category_icon":"https:\/\/d3vodd1ws13xud.cloudfront.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/10113835\/health-2.svg","author_name":"","trending":false,"sponsored":false,"random_color":"#15ed1c","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80763"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62194"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}