Making Time For the Gym
Are you wanting to lose weight but don’t have extra time to spend at the gym? Tim Thiessen explains how it’s possible to spend a mere 2.5 hours at the gym each week and still achieve the results you’re looking for.
For some, gymming is an utmost priority, and is treated as a daily must-do, with the same urgency as eating meals and taking a shower. For others, going to the gym is a luxury that sometimes the schedule simply doesn’t allow. For the latter group, here’s how to spend less time in the gym, while still seeing results.
It is a common misconception that, in order to see results, that every time you go, you must spend a long time working out. Contrary to this belief, research shows that you can work out in bouts of ten minutes at a time, and still reap those coveted health benefits. What gym-ers should focus more heavily on, is accumulating minutes over the span of a week, with the aim of roughly 150 minutes per week spent exercising.
These 150 minutes may seem like a lot at first, but consider the fact that not every minute will be spent engaged in vigorous exercise. Instead, it is recommended to include a range of light to moderate to vigorous exercises in that 150 minutes.
A quick trick in gauging the intensity level of your exercise, is whether, or to what degree, you can speak or even sing while you work out. If you find you’re able to sing, the exercise you’re engaging in is likely light. If you’re able to speak and have a conversation, but it involves added effort to do so, your workout is gaining momentum and could be reaching the moderate stage. If you can’t engage in conversation at all, your exercise is likely vigorous. Aim for moderate exercise at first, particularly if you’re new to working out.
