I don’t know about you but sometimes smaller works better.
Most workout/fitness programmes end up being at least 1 hour long. I have learned that when you exercise for 35 minutes plus you are into the zone that eats into fat reserves, and the available carbohydrates have been burned. Ultimately the 1 hour plus 3 times a week works for building muscle and fitness when combined with exercise that gets your heart going.
BUT………sometimes when you have worked all day, and getting to the 1 hour can just seem too much.
I am lucky and just live up the road from the gym. Lately I have been enjoying the ability to dash down to the gym and do a quick 30 – 40 minute workout just before it closes at 9pm. And I might do that 4-5 or more times a week.
I am figuring that this is better than nothing, and in the weekends I can do the full programme.
This works for me. And seems to be having the results I want. I had been working on a split workout that serates different muscle groups, so I just rotate it all.
ALSO I have an aversion to doing cardio in the gym. I would much rather be out in the air, on the road and pushing against the earth than a treadmill.
The good thing with this approach tpo working out is that in my head it doesn’t become so big that I don’t do it.
Of course it;s all about my ability to do this living so close, and making your exercise programme work for your unique situation is what its all about. If I had a training buddy then maybe the one hour thing wouldn’t be such a hurdle for me. But I work alone and small is good.
