How long to exercise?

Saturday, November 21st, 2009

I am going to stick my neck out here and say around 10 minutes minimum to around 40 minutes maximum, with 20-30 minutes being optimum/average. In my book this goes for all sorts of planned exercise, from cardio-vascular like running, or weights sessions or even my favoured variety of muscle control exercises. Why do I [...]

How often should you exercise?

Saturday, November 7th, 2009

Well that depends on what you are doing doesn’t it? If you are doing strenuous cardio stuff like running then the wisdom is at least twice a week with three times a week being the optimum. You certainly shouldn’t run EVERY day. Likewise, if you are exercising your muscles to breakdown, as in weight training, [...]