Can I Get In Shape with Just Two Workouts a Week? |
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So I’ve been enjoying my new gym membership – but I’ve only been going on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The main reason I joined the gym was to do Body Pump workouts with my wife (get your mind out of the gutter). Unfortunately my gym only seems to offer them on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. It’s recommended that you take a day off between workouts. This means I can only go Wednesdays and Fridays/Saturdays or Thursday and Saturday. Sadly they have multiple classes on each of these of these days. Would it kill my gym to move one of the classes to Monday class so that I could go three times a week?
I’m trying to motivate myself to do my own workout on Mondays, but as of now I always seem to have a pile of writing to do. I’m sure it’s just a matter of re-prioritizing things. Even if that doesn’t work I’m in the best shape I’ve been in since I tried the 100 Pushup Challenge. Maybe I should give that another go in a few weeks to compare my strength from then until now.
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December 19th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
You sure can get in shape with just two workouts week. Just make them two grueling intense workouts.
December 20th, 2008 at 12:12 am
I’m pretty sure you can drop the weight by exercising 2 times a week, but you will have to monitor what you eat
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December 20th, 2008 at 4:46 am
Depending on how intense the sessions are, and your current conditioning, two sessions per week are probably “enough” but not “optimal.”
The trick is finding something to do on Monday that is fun and that you look forward to. One of the best “turn-key” and at-home routines I have seen for this is a program called FlowFit. It is sold as a DVD, but it can also be tried out for free. I’ve got a tutorial of one of the four levels of difficulty that I provide for my newsletter subscribers. To be honest, you could probably get by for a long time on the free version before getting anywhere close to bored.
You can do FlowFit or any other bodyweight program at home. Or, as you said, you could hit the gym for an extra session on Monday’s. But you could make it more interesting and more efficient by doing it Alwyn Cosgrove style (a Google search should get you going in the right direction if you aren’t familiar with his approach).
Cheers,
Adam
December 21st, 2008 at 9:24 am
It all depends on what you mean by “get in shape”? If you want to lose weight, sure you can by working out only two days a week, but your diet must be spot on. I have an idea for you that’s so simple, you’ll probably won’t think that it’s really doing anything. How about doing 50 jumping jacks and 25 pushups on the days that you don’t workout. The cool thing is that you can break them up over the day if you wish. These two exercises are simple, effective, and will cause you to lose more fat than simply working out twice a week. Just make sure that your diet is in check though …
December 27th, 2008 at 11:50 am
I agree with some of the posts above. When you’re not in the gym, doing some of the suggested bodyweight exercises is the way to go. Do you brush your teeth everyday? Do you shower? If so, doesn’t it make sense to exercise everyday, even if only for a little bit? If you want to get better at anything, doing a little everyday always beats a couple of times a week. Slow and steady wins the race!
- Dave
January 5th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
I’d think it would be tough to have any appreciable effects in 2 days a week. You would really have to be busting it those two days, as well as having a diet that was perfect all the time. I’d try doing some exercises while at home, or coming in and doing your own workouts the other days. Time to re-prioritize!
September 2nd, 2009 at 10:22 am
Yes you can. Workout really hard twice a week and eat right every day.