One Hour Workouts

...I have been trying to keep my workouts under an hour but now I leave the gym and don't feel like I did anything...(from Fizz)

Well, did you do anything? Part of the deal that makes brief workouts effective is that you work very intense while in the gym. This means you don't have time to check out the ladies or chat about the previous day's soccer match. Use your one hour to train and train hard.

That being said, if you are used to working out for hours and leaving the gym only with the assist of a wheel-chair, a one hour intense workout may not feel like much in comparison. Likely, the reason you are shortening your workouts is because you weren't making progress with your marathon workouts.

Remember, muscles don't grow because you torture them, they grow when you provide them a need and then the opportunity. A short intense workout is enough to provide the "need" and nutrition and rest will give them the "opportunity."

Get rid of the mindset that the more you do, the bigger you will get. Instead, judge the effectiveness of your workout by the results it gives you.

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JP Clifford