The government and its recommended exercise amounts
The government campaign to get the UK exercising more is admirable and to be commended. The suggestion that people exercise for 60 minutes per day or 5-6 times a week is somewhat unlikely for some though. Most people work though and many can’t be motivated to workout before work, its often dark by the time they come home, and often more excuses creep in such as it’s too wet, cold, icy, slippery, drizzly, etc, and throw in the fact that it’s too dangerous in some parts to walk the streets on your own during dark hours, and you have a lot of obstacles in people’s lives to never even approach the hour a day recommended.
The solution
Anyone who has ever trained with me, and if you follow this blog from time to time, will know that I recommend doing some resistance training (weight training/working against your own bodyweight) at least twice a week, and doing some cardiovascular work (walking/running/cycling/swimming etc) at least another twice or three times.
This is a formula that works every single time if followed every single week and with great consistency. The great news? Many if not all of these workouts never last more than 30-40 minutes. The key is intensity and working out with purpose, PLUS its far more manageable than the hour a day plan.
I will go into much more detail in posts to come, but for now remember that there is another way, and its based on science. When you are follow a plan that many have followed before with often great success, you are assured of arriving at your desired destination feeling fantastic and knowing you have achieved something that will last with you for the rest of your life.
Keri
