Big Fat Lies # 12
Fat Loss Lie #12:
You Can Lose weight in just minutes each day
(or week!)
3 MINUTE ABS
8 MINUTES IN THE MORNING!
THE ONE WORKOUT A WEEK FITNESS REVOLUTION!
CHANGE YOUR BODY IN 30 MINUTES A WEEK
I'd like to caution you about the mindset of trying to get more results in less
time. You should always
, of course, look for ways get the most benefit from
every minute you spend in the gym and improve the efficiency of your
workouts. What I’m referring to when I speak of the “more for less” mindset
is the error of looking for better results in the form of a “secret” training
program, short cut, miracle pill, or easy, “overnight” cure without putting in
any effort.
There’s a fine line between training enough to stimulate growth and
overtraining. We are warned continually not to overtrain or we’ll hold back
our strength and muscle gains. We are also cautioned not to do too much
aerobics or we’ll lose the muscle we already have.
It’s true that many people are overtraining – maybe even most people. But
just as there’s fine a line between optimal training and overtraining, there’s
also a fine line between optimal training and undertraining.
The minimalist “less is more” approach is highly appealing because it
represents the ultimate “lazy man (or woman's)” approach. (And it SELLS!)
The promoters are basically saying, "Hey pal, you're spending too much
time in the gym and it's holding back your gains. Buy my secret miracle
training program from Bulgaria, and you only have to train once or twice a
week for a few minutes and you'll double your results."
If you believe that, then I have some swampland in Florida and a Bridge in
Brooklyn I’d like to sell you. Call 1-800-YOU’VE-BEEN-HAD for details.
Briefer and less frequent workouts are only good to the extent to which they
prevent you from overtraining and they optimize hormonal response to
training. Minimalism as a marketing appeal is a completely different
story. Make sure you recognize the difference between the two.
I thought 8 minutes in the morning was ridiculous (but brilliant from a
marketing perspective), now someone just wrote a book called 3-minute
abs. What's next? 30-second abs? Massive muscles in five minutes? The
one rep muscle revolution? Gimme a break! Just get your butt in the gym
and train for forty-five minutes to an hour four or five days a week – or
however much it takes for you to get the results you desire.
Your body is begging for exercise – it’s an amazing machine that was
designed to be used – often and vigorously.
When the promoters of a program tell you that “ten minutes a day” or “once
or twice a week” will get you a body like a bodybuilder or a fitness model,
and you believe that, and you end up disappointed with your meager
results, then I have no sympathy for you and the money you wasted. That's
just plain naïve.
You can get health benefits from very small amounts of exercise. Even
walking to work or class, or raking the leaves in your yard can have health
benefits.
But you get even greater health benefits from larger amounts of
exercise.
Training for basic health benefits and training for maximum fat
loss are not the same thing.
To get maximum changes in body composition,
you need a much higher frequency, duration and intensity.
You can get a "training effect” (muscle growth and strength increase) in as
little as two thirty-minute workouts per week - that is true - but to become
super lean and extremely muscular - forget it! If that were the case, then all
champion bodybuilders would be doing it. Here’s what it all boils down to:
The rewards you take out will always come in direct proportion to the work
you put in.
You Can Lose weight in just minutes each day
(or week!)
3 MINUTE ABS
8 MINUTES IN THE MORNING!
THE ONE WORKOUT A WEEK FITNESS REVOLUTION!
CHANGE YOUR BODY IN 30 MINUTES A WEEK
I'd like to caution you about the mindset of trying to get more results in less
time. You should always
, of course, look for ways get the most benefit from
every minute you spend in the gym and improve the efficiency of your
workouts. What I’m referring to when I speak of the “more for less” mindset
is the error of looking for better results in the form of a “secret” training
program, short cut, miracle pill, or easy, “overnight” cure without putting in
any effort.
There’s a fine line between training enough to stimulate growth and
overtraining. We are warned continually not to overtrain or we’ll hold back
our strength and muscle gains. We are also cautioned not to do too much
aerobics or we’ll lose the muscle we already have.
It’s true that many people are overtraining – maybe even most people. But
just as there’s fine a line between optimal training and overtraining, there’s
also a fine line between optimal training and undertraining.
The minimalist “less is more” approach is highly appealing because it
represents the ultimate “lazy man (or woman's)” approach. (And it SELLS!)
The promoters are basically saying, "Hey pal, you're spending too much
time in the gym and it's holding back your gains. Buy my secret miracle
training program from Bulgaria, and you only have to train once or twice a
week for a few minutes and you'll double your results."
If you believe that, then I have some swampland in Florida and a Bridge in
Brooklyn I’d like to sell you. Call 1-800-YOU’VE-BEEN-HAD for details.
Briefer and less frequent workouts are only good to the extent to which they
prevent you from overtraining and they optimize hormonal response to
training. Minimalism as a marketing appeal is a completely different
story. Make sure you recognize the difference between the two.
I thought 8 minutes in the morning was ridiculous (but brilliant from a
marketing perspective), now someone just wrote a book called 3-minute
abs. What's next? 30-second abs? Massive muscles in five minutes? The
one rep muscle revolution? Gimme a break! Just get your butt in the gym
and train for forty-five minutes to an hour four or five days a week – or
however much it takes for you to get the results you desire.
Your body is begging for exercise – it’s an amazing machine that was
designed to be used – often and vigorously.
When the promoters of a program tell you that “ten minutes a day” or “once
or twice a week” will get you a body like a bodybuilder or a fitness model,
and you believe that, and you end up disappointed with your meager
results, then I have no sympathy for you and the money you wasted. That's
just plain naïve.
You can get health benefits from very small amounts of exercise. Even
walking to work or class, or raking the leaves in your yard can have health
benefits.
But you get even greater health benefits from larger amounts of
exercise.
Training for basic health benefits and training for maximum fat
loss are not the same thing.
To get maximum changes in body composition,
you need a much higher frequency, duration and intensity.
You can get a "training effect” (muscle growth and strength increase) in as
little as two thirty-minute workouts per week - that is true - but to become
super lean and extremely muscular - forget it! If that were the case, then all
champion bodybuilders would be doing it. Here’s what it all boils down to:
The rewards you take out will always come in direct proportion to the work
you put in.
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