Question about working out in segments...

karmahunger
karmahunger Posts: 373 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Today, instead of working out on the stationary bike 45 mins non-stop, I am doing it 5 times for eight minutes each. Is that okay or is it pointless? Just not feeling very motivated today.

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  • karmahunger
    karmahunger Posts: 373 Member
    bump
  • krisbychiken
    krisbychiken Posts: 72 Member
    Any bit of exercise counts. As long as you're getting your heart rate up each time, I don't see any issue with it!
  • DancingMoosie
    DancingMoosie Posts: 8,619 Member
    I think its ok. You can gradually work up to more at a time. I don't work out for long periods of time, but do 2 or 3 smaller workouts a day. Whatever you can work in.
  • billsica
    billsica Posts: 4,741 Member
    This is just called interval training.
  • kbogati
    kbogati Posts: 39 Member
    i read an article in some magazine or another last week that said working out in 10 min sessions is better bc it keeps your metabolism going and you tend not to over eat as much bc if u work out for an hr you feel you earned it. idk if thats true...if i work out longer i feel more like i accomplished something...but true or not, id say any activity is better than nothing so if thats the way you want to do it, go for it
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    more weights, less bike..but I always preach that :)
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    sounds pretty good to me. is it a spinning bike?

    try this: warm up for like, 8 minutes, then do two minutes of high resistance standing up and going hard. then do 6 minutes sitting down, lower resistance. then repeat this like, 5-6 times. then cool down.
  • ami5000psu
    ami5000psu Posts: 391 Member
    Something is better than nothing!
  • djc315
    djc315 Posts: 585 Member
    It is still the same.

    Good job :)
  • kelsully
    kelsully Posts: 1,008 Member
    Today, instead of working out on the stationary bike 45 mins non-stop, I am doing it 5 times for eight minutes each. Is that okay or is it pointless? Just not feeling very motivated today.

    I think you would be better with 4-10 min segments or even 3 12 min segments..just to insure the heart rate gets up to an adequate level...BUT with that said...any extra moving you do on any given day is better than not moving at all..you might also be surprised that the permission to break the workout into segments and have an easy day might take some pressure off and you start an 8 min segment and end up doing all 40 mins...
  • DrCaspianDoll
    DrCaspianDoll Posts: 87 Member
    my biochemistry professor said that recent studies disproved the old theory of long cardio and said every little bit of cardio through out the day adds up to the same benefit!

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