Why you’re wasting your time in the gym: Fitness experts reveal how you can achieve and maintain peak fitness in just MINUTES each week
- Industry professionals are increasingly encouraging short bursts of HIIT training
- Adam MacDougall believes people can work out 10 minutes, three days per week
- Fitness expert Drew Harrisberg said the ideal time is as little as seven minutes
Forget slaving away for hours in the gym, fitness experts are now claiming you can achieve the same results as 150 minutes of exercise in just 10 minutes.
Fitness industry professionals are increasingly encouraging short bursts of high intensity training to shred stubborn fat rather than grinding through excessive hours in the gym.
Former NRL fullback and fitness author Adam MacDougall said gym-goers can get the workout they need in as little as 10 minutes, three days a week.
Former NRL fullback and fitness author Adam MacDougall (pictured) said gym-goers can get the workout they need from as little as 10 minutes
‘Research has proven that just 60 seconds of high-intensity training can be as beneficial as up to 50 minutes of cardio,’ he said
‘The one thing I hear more than anything else is that someone doesn’t have time for exercise, so let me blow that argument right out of the water,’ he told news.com.au.
‘Research has proven that just 60 seconds of high-intensity training can be as beneficial as up to 50 minutes of cardio.
‘Professor Martin Gibala’s research found that 10 minutes of interval training (in which you’re only working hard for one minute) three times a week produced the same results as 150 minutes of traditional exercise,’ Mr MacDougall said.
Fitness expert Drew Harrisberg previously said the ideal time frame for a regular person looking to put on muscle and improve fitness is as little as seven minutes a day.
He said while different workouts are useful for different people, a high intensity regime for seven to 45 minutes every few days is enough to keep the average person in shape.
Mr Harrisberg said it also depends on how intense the training is.
Fitness expert Drew Harrisberg (pictured) said the ideal time frame for a regular person looking to put on muscle and improve fitness is as little as seven minutes a day
The exercise physiologist said it is also important to figure out what you like doing, and structure your training around what makes you happy
He explained that high-intensity interval training can be impressive to physiology and increases mitochondria which helps the body burn calories.
The exercise physiologist said it is also important to structure your training around exercises you enjoy.
‘Working out should be enjoyable,’ Mr Harrisberg said. ‘The thought of signing up for a boot camp to have a biggest-loser-style trainer yelling in your face in an attempt to instill fear, pain, and suffering just doesn’t seem very effective.’
Overall he said it is important to look at fitness as a 24-hour endeavour rather than a single hour a day.
Besides your workout, he said you should move as much as possible through the course of a day.