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The exercises look OK, but they seem to prescribe near daily workouts? That's pretty stupid unless you're a competitive athlete. It's often stupid even in tha
by kingkongrevenge 17y ago
The exercises look OK, but they seem to prescribe near daily workouts? That's pretty stupid unless you're a competitive athlete. It's often stupid even in that case. One or two intense twenty minute strength workouts a week is plenty if you're doing it right.
Sustainably working out hard three or more times a week and benefiting from it requires somewhat rare genetics or growth hormone and steroid injections.
- jeremytliles 17y agoThey mix up the movements and there is a rest day every fourth day. If I do deadlifts one day, box jumps and pullups the next, and running/situps/back extensions on day 3, my body can handle it just fine. It beats running or biking every day, and I know plenty of people who do that, putting the same stresses on the same muscles day in and day out. You have to listen to your body of course. When I first started, sometimes I would take extra days off when I knew I needed recovery time. As with any activity, you have to be smart about what you're doing.
- kingkongrevenge 17y agoIt sounds very much like excessive training to me. I bet you could work out a lot less often and your actual performance would measure the same.