Today way going old school with some great hacks from the old bodybuilding days of Venice Beach. Since I’ve evolved over the years I’ve slowly gone away from the bodybuilding methodology of training and instead have starting implementing a modern day approach.

But there are still some great “hacks” that these old school guys got right that still can completely apply to anyone trying to lose weight. And the best part is that NOT very many people know about these and it always blows my mind.

Keep these hacks in mind next time you’re working out to enhance your fat loss process!

Cut Your Rest Time

Cutting the time you rest between sets is a quick way to amp up your metabolism and get your internal engines revving. Although it is going to be A LOT harder to workout with slimmer rest times it will dramatically enhance your fat loss journey.

The reasoning behind this is that your body will not be able have the sufficient time to go back to its normal resting state. Therefore it won’t allow your heart rate to slow down and it will keep your body burning calories.

While lifting weights don’t rest more than 30 seconds between sets, even though you’ll have to go lighter in weight you will be working your body more effectively.

Implement Super Sets

Super sets have been around since the Arnold Schwarzenegger bodybuilding days and still has great effects today. When you super set two exercises your body will also cut it’s rest time but practically DOUBLING the stress of a normal workout.

Just like cutting your rest time this will be way harder to accomplish but the results will be well worth it. Gone are the days of doing a set of bench press and waiting around for a few minutes and then going again. Now you want to do some bench press, rest 20 seconds, and then go directly into another exercise.

Contrast Training

Contrast training is basically a way of implementing a specific way of training by super setting two exercises which use different lift styles from the body. For example, after completing a set of push-ups you quickly go do a set of Swiss Ball leg curls, so the push-up is a pushing movement and the contrast, pulling, is performed in the leg curls.

When I train my clients full body I’ll usually implement this with an upper body exercise and a lower body exercise. This way they can rest their upper body after completing a set while they do a lower body exercise. Instead of blast the chest by doing bench press and push-ups, I’ll do bench press and squats.