Topic: Study Confirms Brief Workouts Are Best

MUSCLE in MINUTES

The Freee Online e-Zine from Jon Benson, 7MinuteMuscle.com For Premium Members Only

November 30, 2008

Hi Bodybuilder,

So here’s the million-dollar question:

“What’s the number one reason people don’t work out?”

Is it lack of money? Lack of motivation? Perhaps they lack the ideal workout plan?

Nope. It’s TIME. Or rather the lack thereof.

“We know that 50 per cent of the population doesn’t [exercise] and the most commonly cited barrier to exercise is lack of time.” This quote comes from exercise researcher Martin Gibala, a kinesiology professor at McMaster University in Hamilton.

Gibala put his theory to the test in a study that was published in the Journal of Physiology. In it Gibala compared a group who exercised “traditionally” — 90 to 120 minutes per day — with another group exercising far less: Only 20 minutes per day and only three days per week.

That’s a whopping one hour per week folks. My 7 Minute Muscle plan calls for five workouts with resistance five days per week plus 9 minutes of a specific cardio protocol two-three days per week.

If you do the math, that’s about an hour per week as well.

This is the “Level 1″ workout. There are three levels depending on your goals and exercise tolerance.

Find out more here –

http://www.7minutemuscle.com