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Doing basically anything will show improvement over not doing anything. Very frequently you find various fad exercises gaining momentum because of this fact -
by diminoten 14y ago
Doing basically anything will show improvement over not doing anything. Very frequently you find various fad exercises gaining momentum because of this fact - these people go from doing nothing to doing something, and when it does work they become huge proponents of a system that basically works solely on the fact that it's not nothing.
- larsberg 14y agoStrength coaches call this the "novice effect." It's why you can see an untrained person's squat increase if they ride the exercise bike a few times a week. If your goal is optimality, the question is: is your training program the most effective use of your time? On the other hand, not everybody cares about optimality, but more whether they can actually show up regularly. It takes a certain craziness to follow linear progressions, especially since it can take a mental toll (fuzzy headed all day) if you push too hard, which is sub-optimal in this field.