10 Workout Tips You Wish You Knew Sooner

3 May 2025 · 1 min

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In this concise YouTube short, fitness coach Eric Roberts delivers ten actionable tips for anyone aiming to lose fat while building muscle. He emphasizes lifting heavier (5–10 reps) instead of light high‑rep work, resting at least 90 seconds between sets, using upper/lower body splits rather than single‑muscle‑group days, limiting leg‑day exercises to 4–6, making every prescribed set challenging, consuming sufficient protein to avoid a skinny‑fat physique, maintaining a modest calorie deficit without sacrificing muscle, performing cardio longer than 10 minutes only after workouts or on rest days, keeping workout sessions to 30–60 minutes, and training 3–4 times per week. The video ends with a call‑to‑action linking to a free calorie and protein calculator in the creator’s bio.

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10 workout tips you need to know if you're going to be successful losing fat and building muscle. Number 1, if you're able to do more than 12 reps, then you're lifting too light and you should lift heavier for 5 to 10 reps. Number 2, if you're resting for less than 90 seconds, then you're not lifting heavy enough. 3, stop doing a chest day, back day, arm day, and instead do lower body workouts and upper body workouts. Number 4, if you're doing more than 4 to 6 exercises on leg day, then you are doing too many exercises. Number 5, when your workout calls for 3 sets, all 3 of those sets should be heavy where you challenge yourself. Number 6, you need to eat enough protein, otherwise you'll end up skinny fat. And number 7, although you need to be in a calorie deficit to lose weight, you need to eat enough calories so you don't lose muscle. And you can click this link in my bio to use my free calorie and protein calculator. Number 8, anything more than 10 minutes of cardio should be done after a workout or on rest days. Number 9, you don't need to work out for more than 30 to 60 minutes. And number 10, you don't need to work out for more than 3 to 4 times per week.