I Have a Life……

Have you been practically living in the gym in the hopes that the payoff will be huge?  Well, if you’ve read that you don’t even begin to grow muscle until you’re half an hour into your workouts, you may be spinning your wheels.  Surprise!  Muscles don’t grow while you are working out, they grow while you are resting!

Weight training is merely the stimulus for muscle growth. Whether or not your muscles actually become bigger and stronger depends on how much you rest between workouts  and how well you feed your body.  The body has  to have a constant supply of all the nutrients it needs in order to heal and grow.

Dozens of university studies have clearly demonstrated the sequence of positive adaptations which occur secondary to a weight-training stimulus can be set in motion by doing as little as one set of one exercise. However, many other studies have shown there are significant advantages to doing multiple sets (increased lactic acid levels—which increase testosterone—the release of anabolic hormones like testosterone, improved nutrient delivery to muscles, etc.).

Now, there’s no disputing some have achieved great results by working out for as long as two or even three hours a day, every day, but many of these athletes who respond well to this type of training are those either with superb genetics or possibly growing in spite of their training instead of due to it. We won’t even begin to discuss those that are chemically enhanced! Those of us who don’t fall within these categories have to be very careful that we stimulate, not annihilate, our bodies.

A great weight-training workout need not be an all day event, it should be vigorous and challenging, not a marathon. We create programs for our clients that last anywhere from 30-45 minutes, and never more!

My favorite saying, “You can work long or you can work hard! You can’t do both!”

Great success can be achieved with a well designed exercise program, not necessarily a lengthy one.  Our coaches at eFitness for Life design workout routines that are easily incorporated into your busy schedule AND don’t require hours on end to perform  in order to see results!

Contact us if you need some help, want a simple program built for you, or just have some questions!

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