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This is such a bizarre mindset. It's sort of like "the beatings will continue until morale improves."

mentat 7y ago
More like "the exercising should continue until you're actually exercising". Going through some motions that don't stress the body isn't exercise...
throwlaplace 7y ago
pleasure experienced during exercise does scale with intensity but only to a certain point https://link.springer.com/article/10.2165/11590680-000000000-00000 https://link.springer.com/article/10.2165/11590680-000000000...
tacon 7y ago
Intensity is 80-90% of the determinant of a muscle's adaptive response to load. If you plan to get somewhere near your genetic potential in strength and size, you will need to use rather high intensity to deeply fatigue ("inroad") the muscle. But you also have to not repeat that stimulus for days to a week, to allow recovery in people like us with middle of the bell curve genetics. The ideal profile for building strength is exercise that is intense, brief, and infrequent. Yes, it is unpleasant for a couple of minutes per muscle group, once or twice a week. So what? Do you enjoy brushing your teeth? Or do you just do it and get it over with? Note, this is for strength training. Skill building for sports, or general physical activity, is a different protocol, depending on the activity. One of my favorite recent book titles is "If You Like Exercise ... Chances Are You're Doing It Wrong: Proper Strength Training for Maximum Results"[0], which is another book about the work of exercise genius Arthur Jones, inventor of Nautilus and MedX equipment. [0] https://www.amazon.com/Exercise-Chances-Youre-Doing-Wrong/dp/1475974418/ https://www.amazon.com/Exercise-Chances-Youre-Doing-Wrong/dp... [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7GB3h82tcQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7GB3h82tcQ [2] https://www.amazon.com/Body-Science-Research-Strength-Training/dp/0071597174 https://www.amazon.com/Body-Science-Research-Strength-Traini...

More like "the exercising should continue until you're actually exercising". Going through some motions that don't stress the body isn't exercise...

throwlaplace 7y ago

pleasure experienced during exercise does scale with intensity but only to a certain point https://link.springer.com/article/10.2165/11590680-000000000-00000 https://link.springer.com/article/10.2165/11590680-000000000...

tacon 7y ago

Intensity is 80-90% of the determinant of a muscle's adaptive response to load. If you plan to get somewhere near your genetic potential in strength and size, you will need to use rather high intensity to deeply fatigue ("inroad") the muscle. But you also have to not repeat that stimulus for days to a week, to allow recovery in people like us with middle of the bell curve genetics. The ideal profile for building strength is exercise that is intense, brief, and infrequent. Yes, it is unpleasant for a couple of minutes per muscle group, once or twice a week. So what? Do you enjoy brushing your teeth? Or do you just do it and get it over with? Note, this is for strength training. Skill building for sports, or general physical activity, is a different protocol, depending on the activity. One of my favorite recent book titles is "If You Like Exercise ... Chances Are You're Doing It Wrong: Proper Strength Training for Maximum Results"[0], which is another book about the work of exercise genius Arthur Jones, inventor of Nautilus and MedX equipment. [0] https://www.amazon.com/Exercise-Chances-Youre-Doing-Wrong/dp/1475974418/ https://www.amazon.com/Exercise-Chances-Youre-Doing-Wrong/dp... [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7GB3h82tcQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7GB3h82tcQ [2] https://www.amazon.com/Body-Science-Research-Strength-Training/dp/0071597174 https://www.amazon.com/Body-Science-Research-Strength-Traini...