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Question: Breaking up workout

bllaura10
bllaura10 Posts: 42 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Recently I’ve been working from home and have been splitting up my workout over the course of the day instead of spending 1 hr devoted to working out. Mostly dumbell weights and body weight exercises. I’ll take frequent breaks and do one set of 3 exercises which is about 5 mins and then go back to work. Is this as effective as just doing the workout all at once?

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  • slade51
    slade51 Posts: 188 Member
    Not an expert but I’d think the main drawback is jumping into it without warmup and cool down if you’re doing heavy lifting.

    If you were incorporating cardio then it’s better to do it all at once to keep the heart rate going.

    Bottom line is that exercise however you do it is better than no exercise.
  • DancingMoosie
    DancingMoosie Posts: 8,619 Member
    edited March 2020
    Lol. The first thing that came to mind was a workout after a break up😂
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