I just did 20 minutes of vigorous aerobic exercise per day for 8 weeks.
It was pretty good, I guess. My fitness is much improved. 150 minutes per week is what all the public health information websites recommend that everyone should get, so according to them I’m almost doing the bare minimum for the first time in my life. I’m pretty old, so it took some time for it to start having an effect. It feels like it will probably take another 8 weeks before my body actually starts getting used to it and stops getting stronger so quickly as it still is doing for now.
Bike? Running? Jump rope? Do you think it would be as effective doing an hour twice a week? That sounds kinda extreme though. O and congrats! Keep up the good work!
So far roughly half the time I’m on the bike-like machine with pedals, and the other half it’s a mix of doing stuff with dumbbells and other assorted calisthenics type stuff. Anything that keeps the heart rate up.
The impression I get of the common wisdom — after reading all about it in the course of convincing myself to try actual exercise — is that as long as you do at least 10 or 15 minutes at a time it doesn’t make much difference whether you do a little every day or 75 minutes twice a week.
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twice a week is the minimum, perhaps below. You need rest days, but too much means you body adapts to rest and you never gain.
This seems possible. I’m gonna try it 10 minutes a day. Just bike thingy and a little stretching. Ease into it. When do you drink the 6 pack of beer? During or after the work out?
Stretching, good call. I try to get in a little after the 20 minutes is up but should probably do more.