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question on sets and reps and stuff...

KellyKAG
KellyKAG Posts: 418
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Quite possibly a stupid question but I’m going for it anyway….

Lately I have been doing a few exercises whenever I have a minute. In the morning after I get dressed before I wake up my kids I’ll do 15 squats and/or 15 chest presses on my exercise ball. When my boss leaves the office for a bit I’ll do 15 dips on the side of my desk. Sometimes while making my kiddies dinner I will stop and to 15 pushup. I try to get each thing in a few times during the day since actually finding the extra time to do it all together is almost impossible on top of work, kids, and running whenever I get extra time (which I enjoy and don’t want to skip). So the questions is does this really do anything or do you have to max out your muscles doing 3 sets of 15 reps all at once. Thanks for any input you may have.

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  • KellyKAG
    KellyKAG Posts: 418
    :ohwell:
  • cassmonster
    cassmonster Posts: 58 Member
    Im no expert.. far from it...but I would think the saying "something is better than nothing" would apply here. Just say all I have in a day is 15 extra minutes to exercise...that 15 minutes is better spent exercising than sitting doing nothing !!! (or mindless eating!!!)
  • teez52
    teez52 Posts: 104 Member
    Something is better than nothing, but an idea would be to maybe integrate the pushups, situps, etc into your running. Every mile maybe drop and do 15-30 pushups, situps or whatever. Obviously break it up so you can get a few sets in with your run.
  • DaveRCF
    DaveRCF Posts: 266
    Quite possibly a stupid question but I’m going for it anyway….

    Lately I have been doing a few exercises whenever I have a minute. In the morning after I get dressed before I wake up my kids I’ll do 15 squats and/or 15 chest presses on my exercise ball. When my boss leaves the office for a bit I’ll do 15 dips on the side of my desk. Sometimes while making my kiddies dinner I will stop and to 15 pushup. I try to get each thing in a few times during the day since actually finding the extra time to do it all together is almost impossible on top of work, kids, and running whenever I get extra time (which I enjoy and don’t want to skip). So the questions is does this really do anything or do you have to max out your muscles doing 3 sets of 15 reps all at once. Thanks for any input you may have.

    Good on ya! Great attitude. Every bit helps.
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