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> Athletes worry about having enough energy during their exercise. Ironically, I'm a sedentary person who doesn't have enough energy to do 10 stations at the g

> Athletes worry about having enough energy during their exercise. Ironically, I'm a sedentary person who doesn't have enough energy to do 10 stations at the gym. If I do back & legs I'm pretty much done for the day. While I was reading the article, I realized that my need for optimizing for efficient blood sugar use is different than the many who would rather waste it.

jmatthews 4y ago
If you do back and legs you should be done for the day. Split your posterior chain. :)
- collegeburner 4y ago
  if you do legs you should be done for the day... otherwise not hitting legs hard enough :)
mancerayder 4y ago
View it as training and not exercise. You start minimally and slow, far below exertion capacity, rest a few days, and do similar stuff with slightly more intensity (resistance) or volume (number of reps). There's an art/science to it, and barring health handicaps it's essentially a universal system the body evolved to do.
T3OU-736 4y ago
10 stations seems... excessive. (If your goal for exercises is physical therapy or bodybuilding, ignore the rest of this) If a given "station" is what I picture it to be, it is likely a station for training a muscle in isolation. example: a station called "preacher's bench" for "bicep curls",l. Consider that isolation exercise is, broadly, really useful for two circumstances: bodybuilding, and physical therapy. For functional fitness, it is exceedingly rare that the an individual muscle would be the only muscle group engaged. So, instead, I would strongly argue that free weights (dumbells, barbells) and the compound (multi-muscle) movements are a better use of time and energy at the gym. https://aasgaardco.com/store/books-posters-dvd/books/starting-strength-basic-barbell-training/ https://aasgaardco.com/store/books-posters-dvd/books/startin... and https://aasgaardco.com/store/books-posters-dvd/books/practical-programming-for-strength-training/ https://aasgaardco.com/store/books-posters-dvd/books/practic... are a good starting point. Also Strength Training Anatomy - 3rd Edition by Frederic Delavier - helpful as a reference which stations engage what muscles.
- ksaj 4y ago
  That's pretty much exactly what they say in this study. The point is if you are a sedentary couch potato or desk jockey, you can do this to activate a metabolic state. Literally the people who won't use your (good) advice. It's why there is so much benefit to riding a cycle for 20-30 minutes before working out. Soleus Pushups done properly won't cause fatigue like the cycle does, yet triggers a long-lasting metabolic state (hours, versus minutes you can expect from short bursts of exercise) in the same amount of time.

jmatthews 4y ago

If you do back and legs you should be done for the day. Split your posterior chain. :)

collegeburner 4y ago
if you do legs you should be done for the day... otherwise not hitting legs hard enough :)

mancerayder 4y ago

View it as training and not exercise. You start minimally and slow, far below exertion capacity, rest a few days, and do similar stuff with slightly more intensity (resistance) or volume (number of reps). There's an art/science to it, and barring health handicaps it's essentially a universal system the body evolved to do.

T3OU-736 4y ago

10 stations seems... excessive. (If your goal for exercises is physical therapy or bodybuilding, ignore the rest of this) If a given "station" is what I picture it to be, it is likely a station for training a muscle in isolation. example: a station called "preacher's bench" for "bicep curls",l. Consider that isolation exercise is, broadly, really useful for two circumstances: bodybuilding, and physical therapy. For functional fitness, it is exceedingly rare that the an individual muscle would be the only muscle group engaged. So, instead, I would strongly argue that free weights (dumbells, barbells) and the compound (multi-muscle) movements are a better use of time and energy at the gym. https://aasgaardco.com/store/books-posters-dvd/books/starting-strength-basic-barbell-training/ https://aasgaardco.com/store/books-posters-dvd/books/startin... and https://aasgaardco.com/store/books-posters-dvd/books/practical-programming-for-strength-training/ https://aasgaardco.com/store/books-posters-dvd/books/practic... are a good starting point. Also Strength Training Anatomy - 3rd Edition by Frederic Delavier - helpful as a reference which stations engage what muscles.

ksaj 4y ago
That's pretty much exactly what they say in this study. The point is if you are a sedentary couch potato or desk jockey, you can do this to activate a metabolic state. Literally the people who won't use your (good) advice. It's why there is so much benefit to riding a cycle for 20-30 minutes before working out. Soleus Pushups done properly won't cause fatigue like the cycle does, yet triggers a long-lasting metabolic state (hours, versus minutes you can expect from short bursts of exercise) in the same amount of time.