Want to Be More Fit? Take a Vacation From Your Workout

If you’re a runner, consider skipping your usual 3-miler and instead play ultimate Frisbee, kickball or tennis, sports that rely on sprinting and changing directions, says Seth Creasy, an assistant professor of endocrinology at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. These different movement patterns improve agility and coordination. And the short bursts of high intensity will help you build speed, he says.