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Here are 10 of our favourite ways to increase and maintain your motivation to exercise even if It's cold outside, work makes you feel exhausted and lethargic, or the gyms are closed. Staying in bed under the covers can easily become the default option for even the most athletic people. At this time of year especially, external conditions can often make it difficult to keep pace with your health, fitness and nutrition goals. While you can take a break to enjoy the season, a little bit of motivation

Do you want to be able to exercise without getting out of breath or plan a longer bike trip and not be fatigued at the first hill? Do you want better endurance? This can all be improved with the appropriate training.

Thinking about ‘Fitness’ We commonly refer to it as "fitness" and most often talk about it when we feel fatigued too easily. Most people recognize it when they are out of breath too quickly from sports activities or any additional effort. We remember that… it used to be better.

Training volume, length, and frequency - what do you need to know about them? Knowing how to train and apply knowledge about the volume, length and frequency of your training will allow you to achieve your goal faster.

Though these may be simple concepts, a lot depends on them so let’s set out what we mean.

• Training volume – This is what your training consists of. So, in other words the number of repetitions performed for a given

Gym training and running - how do we combine these for best results? Running instead of strength training? Running before or after training? How to combine it well to gain the most?

You don't have to choose. Train in as many ways as you can.

Do you want to be healthy, strong, fit and look good? Don't limit yourself to just exercising in the gym. Run, walk, swim, climb and try as many activities as you like. Ideally, you should achieve a level of fitness

When is it best to apply the principle of initial muscle fatigue? Firstly, this is not a method for beginners. Not because they don't need it, but mainly because they don’t know how to apply it. The principle of initial muscle fatigue - created by bodybuilding father Joe Weider - is mostly used by people with a longer training experience as an additional stimulus to develop specific muscles.

Classic bodybuilding techniques

The principle of initial muscle