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Before changing jobs I was a dedicated gym goer for quite a while. A friend and I would meet before work every day Mon-Fri and put in 45-60 minutes. We focused mostly on weight training and used whatever leftover time we had to cool down on the elliptical or bike. I changed jobs and have an earlier start time and longer commute. I eventually stopped going to the gym. Basically the time I used to get up in the morning to go to the gym before work is now the time I need to wake up to get to the office in time.
I could probably adjust my schedule enough to get in about half an hour per morning. This is actual workout routine time, so I'm not counting changing and showering in that.
Do you think half an hour 4-5 days per week of a strength training routine is enough time to make a difference? I'm not trying to be ripped or anything, my goal is just to keep myself fairly healthy. I've definitely put some weight on since I stopped going to the gym. I also miss the energy boost going to the gym used to give me.
Bro, you ever heard of crossfit or Tabata workouts?
In less than 4 minutes you'll be sucking wind.
Quality over quantity.
I average 20 minutes or so in the gym when I'm not working legs (lifting weights). I don't waste a lot of time in the gym, don't surf on my phone between sets, nonsense like that. I'm focused and go from one exercise to the next with minimal rest.
If you learn how to employ all three muscle contraction types in one move, you are doing triple exercise in the time of one.
If you learn proper form, you doubling effectiveness.
If you manage time wisely, you pack a wallop into those 30 minutes.
If you have good heart and lungs and do all this in cyclic manner - 30 minutes may kill you with intensity.
As long as you don't rest between sets doing nothing, even 20 minutes is fine. In 20 minutes yesterday I did 4 sets of chest, 4 sets of pull ups, 4 sets of seated rows, and four sets of abs. All are different muscles without much overlap, so they are resting while I'm doing other sets.
Honestly if you're lifting for more than 30 minutes you're probably wasting time.
Depends on what kind really, but plenty of work outs would not need long periods of time. When I use to go to the gym at my former apartment building, I would work out for roughly 30 minutes. Lifting for my arms by counting to 100, doing two rounds of sit ups(100 total), and do another round of different arm exercises. I'm talking about lat pulldown, pec deck, ab bench and abductor machine. It would be everyday, and it added up.
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