How To Make Any Workout Way More Fun

Time flies when you’re dancing, but when you’re banging out pushups or pumping iron? Time moves like a Friday afternoon. To boost the fun (and calorie burn) of any workout, all you need are a few easy distraction techniques. Women’s Health’s Next Fitness Star Selena Watkins, the woman behind the boredom-beating High-Intensity Dance Cardio DVD, has some ideas:

Strategize your playlist.

For total-body sessions, Selena likes to keep things fresh by picking a particular area to concentrate on for one full song. So, say it’s triceps. You can choose one move or a few, but either way, you keep doing reps until the track is over. Knowing that you have only three-ish minutes until you’re done with that muscle group for the day can help you push through anything.