Yeah it’s pretty easy to knock out a workout in 20 minutes flat when you first start out. But if you’re doing a linear progression program, they start getting much longer within a few months. If you just stick with the 20 minutes then you won’t see any real gains beyond a very early point, it’s more of a maintenance schedule.
You’re right that diet has everything to do with your fat percentage, but it’s a reciprocal relationship. The more exercise you engage in, the more you need to eat to maintain or gain muscle. It’s important to calculate your caloric needs based on your goals and exercise levels, and then monitor them. After monitoring for a few months you get a pretty good idea of what you need and can back off the logging.
Someone as large as the dude in that picture has had an unhealthy relationship with food for a very long time. It’s unlikely he can actually stick to a deficit diet and not eat more than he needs. That’s where the cardio and weight training comes in. He can burn calories and then eat enough to actually feel full, without consuming more calories than he needs for an optimal weight. Mad props to people who get that big and then recognize a problem and make steps in the right direction. It’s fucking hard, dude. It’s way harder to get healthy than it is to stay healthy. It hurts more, it’s more exhausting, and the rewards are slow to arrive. It takes a ton of discipline, and they have my respect.
Depends what you’re training. Most strength programs I’ve done are pretty close to a static duration throughout with the progression being primarily weight and minimal rep increase.
Cardio could be close to linear if you’re training for speed instead of endurance.
Yeah it’s pretty easy to knock out a workout in 20 minutes flat when you first start out. But if you’re doing a linear progression program, they start getting much longer within a few months. If you just stick with the 20 minutes then you won’t see any real gains beyond a very early point, it’s more of a maintenance schedule.
You’re right that diet has everything to do with your fat percentage, but it’s a reciprocal relationship. The more exercise you engage in, the more you need to eat to maintain or gain muscle. It’s important to calculate your caloric needs based on your goals and exercise levels, and then monitor them. After monitoring for a few months you get a pretty good idea of what you need and can back off the logging.
Someone as large as the dude in that picture has had an unhealthy relationship with food for a very long time. It’s unlikely he can actually stick to a deficit diet and not eat more than he needs. That’s where the cardio and weight training comes in. He can burn calories and then eat enough to actually feel full, without consuming more calories than he needs for an optimal weight. Mad props to people who get that big and then recognize a problem and make steps in the right direction. It’s fucking hard, dude. It’s way harder to get healthy than it is to stay healthy. It hurts more, it’s more exhausting, and the rewards are slow to arrive. It takes a ton of discipline, and they have my respect.
Depends what you’re training. Most strength programs I’ve done are pretty close to a static duration throughout with the progression being primarily weight and minimal rep increase.
Cardio could be close to linear if you’re training for speed instead of endurance.