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Low intensity, high volume works so well in so many arenas. As a former guitar teacher this is what I would recommend to students, especially the younger kids:

by jlos 5y ago

Low intensity, high volume works so well in so many arenas. As a former guitar teacher this is what I would recommend to students, especially the younger kids: - pick the same time everyday. - just start by playing for 5-10 minutes. Don't do any more. - As the weeks progress and the habit is solid, add 5-7 more minutes. So kid who plays 8min/day x 7 days/ week gets an hour each week, as opposed to the kid who does 25 minutes once or twice and gets bored. Then, when the kids habits are up to 25 minutes a day, they are getting 3 hours a week.

onetimeacc77 5y ago
I second this! I found a great way to keep myself fit(let me leave out the gory details on how and why this is working) sooo the secret how to be fit: work out for no longer than 3min but every single day!and work out in a hiit fashion = no pauses in-between, 3min of pure uninterrupted workout _every_ single day! if yo can't get this 3min thing to work you probably won't have the mental capacity/lack the so-much needed self discipline to be successful
- emerged 5y ago
  I do this for lifting, which I find unbelievably boring. It’s shocking how effective it is, I look more muscular than back when I had the discipline for 3x 40 minute workouts.
  - agustif 5y ago
    But c'mon, literally 3min a day only?
    - ectopod 5y ago
      Not the OP. I do about ten minutes a day but I'm only actually lifting for three of those, and it's made an enormous difference. As an office worker my arms were getting pretty much no exercise. The change from nothing to something is huge!
    - qqqwerty 5y ago
      You aren't going to win any strong man competitions with this routine, but if you are just trying to keep your body in shape there are a few things to consider. 1) Abs are made in the kitchen. You need to spend a lot of time on the treadmill to burn off a single doughnut. If you skip the doughnut, you can skip the treadmill. 2) Each morning I do one set of pushups, curls, overhead press, lat pulls, and triceps. Probably takes less than three minutes. Back when I went to gyms, I would do 3-4 reps of 5-6 different lifts about twice a week. With travel time, rest between sets, and a shower that would take close to 2 hours per trip. So if you do the math, I am getting 7 reps of 5 exercises per week with a total time of about 20 minutes now vs 6-8 reps of 5-6 exercises per week for a total time of 4 hours. And if you do the math on total elevated heart rate time, the numbers are probably close enough, as there is usually a 10-20 minute recovery period after each workout. If we assume 15 mins, you get 7x15=105 minutes vs 2x(~40+15)=110 minutes. Basically in the ballpark even if the numbers are off a bit. 3) More importantly, I rarely skip the short workout whereas I would regularly skip the gym workouts. I definitely don't feel as good as I did after a gym workout. But I never feel as bad as I did after skipping the gym workouts for a few weeks in a row. It is worth mentioning that I am not a disciplined eater. So I do go for a 3-4 mile run once a week, a short bike ride 1-2 times, and usually mix in another outdoor activity or two on the weekend. But just in terms of substituting gym time, I think the short daily workouts actually get you most of the way there. I am probably going to start mixing in an afternoon routine as well because it has been such a good development.
      - megameter 5y ago
        I am definitely on the same track. When the gym reopened I tried going back and doing higher intensity routines again after mostly sticking to smaller daily ones. Within about six weeks I had managed to blow through my fatigue threshold and it had a ripple effect on everything else(motivation, ability to learn, etc). Lesson learned, I now strive to hit "maintenance" workouts most of the time and then only do "training" occasionally so that I still experience some overload while also leaving myself some leftover energy. There is an 80/20 type of rule to be had. I have been applying the "maintenance" attitude to a lot of things as well as exercise too. My whole approach to household matters is informed by this now - I think about most my consumer purchases in terms of the "low intensity, high volume" use case, and measuring what improves my life by looking for benchmarks that would improve passively by having the item. Best ROI here is to spend on storage, organization, and ergonomics, because that lets you assemble a workspace for something much quicker. Assigning some things to a tray or bin can make all the difference. If it's shoved in a pile, the activation energy goes way up, rendering everything you already have relatively less useful. This is true even if you barely have any stuff to begin with!
    - ibeckermayer 5y ago
      If you do say one set of max push-ups every other day, you will get noticeably stronger. Handwaving bro-estimate is you will start upping reps within a couple weeks, and start noticing stronger arms and chest after a month. Add in another set and you’re still under 10 mins. If you’re starting from zero I wouldn’t suggest max sets, though. Start by trying to get the form correct. It can take some time to learn to recruit the right muscles. Watch a couple of YouTube videos and then film yourself to spot your deficiencies, correct, repeat. Still under 10 mins every other day.
    - onetimeacc77 5y ago
      the main trick here is building a habit. of course some times I do a boxingtinmer.org 6x2min with 1min pauses that I use to do other routines - ~30min where you sweat insanely, sometimes I continue after my 3min timer rings just because once you start seeing and more importantly feeling the results it's just fun to push yourself. the important thing is the discipline to do not less than 3min and every day

by jlos 5y ago

onetimeacc77 5y ago

I second this! I found a great way to keep myself fit(let me leave out the gory details on how and why this is working) sooo the secret how to be fit: work out for no longer than 3min but every single day!and work out in a hiit fashion = no pauses in-between, 3min of pure uninterrupted workout _every_ single day! if yo can't get this 3min thing to work you probably won't have the mental capacity/lack the so-much needed self discipline to be successful

emerged 5y ago
I do this for lifting, which I find unbelievably boring. It’s shocking how effective it is, I look more muscular than back when I had the discipline for 3x 40 minute workouts.
- agustif 5y ago
  But c'mon, literally 3min a day only?
  - ectopod 5y ago
    Not the OP. I do about ten minutes a day but I'm only actually lifting for three of those, and it's made an enormous difference. As an office worker my arms were getting pretty much no exercise. The change from nothing to something is huge!
  - qqqwerty 5y ago
    You aren't going to win any strong man competitions with this routine, but if you are just trying to keep your body in shape there are a few things to consider. 1) Abs are made in the kitchen. You need to spend a lot of time on the treadmill to burn off a single doughnut. If you skip the doughnut, you can skip the treadmill. 2) Each morning I do one set of pushups, curls, overhead press, lat pulls, and triceps. Probably takes less than three minutes. Back when I went to gyms, I would do 3-4 reps of 5-6 different lifts about twice a week. With travel time, rest between sets, and a shower that would take close to 2 hours per trip. So if you do the math, I am getting 7 reps of 5 exercises per week with a total time of about 20 minutes now vs 6-8 reps of 5-6 exercises per week for a total time of 4 hours. And if you do the math on total elevated heart rate time, the numbers are probably close enough, as there is usually a 10-20 minute recovery period after each workout. If we assume 15 mins, you get 7x15=105 minutes vs 2x(~40+15)=110 minutes. Basically in the ballpark even if the numbers are off a bit. 3) More importantly, I rarely skip the short workout whereas I would regularly skip the gym workouts. I definitely don't feel as good as I did after a gym workout. But I never feel as bad as I did after skipping the gym workouts for a few weeks in a row. It is worth mentioning that I am not a disciplined eater. So I do go for a 3-4 mile run once a week, a short bike ride 1-2 times, and usually mix in another outdoor activity or two on the weekend. But just in terms of substituting gym time, I think the short daily workouts actually get you most of the way there. I am probably going to start mixing in an afternoon routine as well because it has been such a good development.
    - megameter 5y ago
      I am definitely on the same track. When the gym reopened I tried going back and doing higher intensity routines again after mostly sticking to smaller daily ones. Within about six weeks I had managed to blow through my fatigue threshold and it had a ripple effect on everything else(motivation, ability to learn, etc). Lesson learned, I now strive to hit "maintenance" workouts most of the time and then only do "training" occasionally so that I still experience some overload while also leaving myself some leftover energy. There is an 80/20 type of rule to be had. I have been applying the "maintenance" attitude to a lot of things as well as exercise too. My whole approach to household matters is informed by this now - I think about most my consumer purchases in terms of the "low intensity, high volume" use case, and measuring what improves my life by looking for benchmarks that would improve passively by having the item. Best ROI here is to spend on storage, organization, and ergonomics, because that lets you assemble a workspace for something much quicker. Assigning some things to a tray or bin can make all the difference. If it's shoved in a pile, the activation energy goes way up, rendering everything you already have relatively less useful. This is true even if you barely have any stuff to begin with!
  - ibeckermayer 5y ago
    If you do say one set of max push-ups every other day, you will get noticeably stronger. Handwaving bro-estimate is you will start upping reps within a couple weeks, and start noticing stronger arms and chest after a month. Add in another set and you’re still under 10 mins. If you’re starting from zero I wouldn’t suggest max sets, though. Start by trying to get the form correct. It can take some time to learn to recruit the right muscles. Watch a couple of YouTube videos and then film yourself to spot your deficiencies, correct, repeat. Still under 10 mins every other day.
  - onetimeacc77 5y ago
    the main trick here is building a habit. of course some times I do a boxingtinmer.org 6x2min with 1min pauses that I use to do other routines - ~30min where you sweat insanely, sometimes I continue after my 3min timer rings just because once you start seeing and more importantly feeling the results it's just fun to push yourself. the important thing is the discipline to do not less than 3min and every day