5 Ways to Smoke Your Competition

#4. Do What You Stink At

You know what we're talking about. There's one discipline that you've never really gotten good at. And there's probably one that you always feel pretty solid in. Chances are you continue to spend more workout time on your strong discipline and very little time on your weak discipline. Maybe that's why they are your strong and weak disciplines?

To reverse this trend, commit to working on your weakness. You can usually do the same number of workouts in a week, while making the smart shift to more workouts in your weakness and less workouts in your strength.

In most cases, you'll maintain your ability in your strength and substantially boost your ability in your weakness. Strong swimmers, for example, often continue to swim as much as four times a week, when they could maintain their ability swimming twice a week and free up more time for cycling and/or running.

Here are some ways to make your weeks of workouts more productive: