Can you make progress with a 20 minute strength workout? Yes! A few tips….
I am not including the time for your warmup and cool down. Give yourself at least 5 minutes before your workout to warm up. At least 5 minutes at the end to cool down with flexibility and mobility exercises.
Go with Full Body workouts! – This is my advice to about 95 percent of the people I work with! If you are getting in 2-3 lifts per week, full body works better. I see people do body part splits when they are not ready for them.
Choose compound exercises over isolation exercises – Compound exercises are exercises that work a lot of muscles at the same time. Examples are variations of squats, bench presses, deadlifts, and rows. If you only have time for 3 to 4 exercises, compound exercises will still give you a good workout.
A 20 min workout with isolation exercises is not really doing much. It’s better than nothing, but it’s not going to lead to much progress. If you only do calf raises, curls , and crunches it will not lead to much progress.
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You do not want to be the person who just works the triceps and abs for a million sets to prepare for summer. This is doing nothing if it’s not a part of an overall program.
Better Recovery and Focus ? – For some people minimalist workouts lead to faster progress because focus and recovery improves. The people who are spending two hours in the gym are usually not accomplishing much. Most of that time is spent texting and/or they lack the intensity and focus to push themselves. The junk volume cuts into recovery time and will slow down progress.
You will become more consistent – I find a lot of people are more consistent when they focus on short and effective workouts. They have the time to get them in, they start to build momentum.
Don’t skip your entire week because you don’t have 3 hours to workout! Get the most out of the time that you do have!
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