Working out twice a day for 20 minutes?

Candeka · 01-09-2012, 12:55 AM

I can't stand to workout for an hour. Even 40 minutes makes me not want to do it. When I think I have to work out for a full hour, I won't do it, or I quit half way through. However, I love 20 minute work outs. I tend to do them twice a day. Once early in the day and once later on. Is that okay or is that not going to do anything?

astrophe · 01-09-2012, 01:20 AM

That's fine.

Sometimes you have to break it up how it fits into your day/life right now. You can always reassess at a later point to see if that pattern still works for your needs as you move along.

GL!
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patchworkpenguin · 01-09-2012, 01:31 AM

I find I do a much better job at my workouts if I split them up like you do. I don't have the dread factor that I can have with longer workouts, especially in my case with cardio.

melodymist · 01-09-2012, 01:58 AM

What workouts do you do? It's fine to split it up

but why not find something you enjoy so you can acrually look forward to doing it

Candeka · 01-09-2012, 02:03 AM

There is nothing fitness wise that I would love to do an hour. I love Zumba, but after 30 minutes I get bored with it (I have the attention span of a baby lol!). I can do any workout for 20 minutes, even if I hate it. That's why I've been doing shorter workouts more often, otherwise it turns into me not working out for weeks out of dread. I was just worried since you always hear people talking about working out for 45-60 minutes at a time.

JennaR · 01-12-2012, 02:33 PM

I actually did 60 minutes this morning for the first time. I blame it completely on the fact that I got totally absorbed in an episode of Millionaire Matchmaker. I've read all over the place that finding a distraction makes exercising so much easier. Although I TOTALLY knew this it's way easier said that done!

I think I'm going to purposely PVR 1 hour shows for myself so I can zone into the show and forget about the dread of a 60 minute work-out.

Having said that though, it felt pretty damn good to accomplish 60 minutes with no breaks! The accomplishment I felt afterward will probably give me a good kick in the butt tomorrow.

But, as for breaking up your workouts, I read somewhere that breaking up a cardiovascular workout into smaller segments is as beneficial as doing it in one longer stretch! So, as long as your moving I think you're doing great!

souvenirdarling · 01-12-2012, 08:11 PM

This is actually a great idea!