Short but Hard Physical Exercise is better than long but light

I think hard exercises bettter than long light exercises. As we look in the present we can clearly verify. Most of the people go for karate as well for gym classes and these classes have a validity of 4 hours per day. The people in these classes are allowed to do vigirous and heavy exercise for a short time but yet they are healthy and fit. Which shows that hard exercises will make us more fit .

Hiya yanza, Just remembering a Woman on Eurosport who had just won a Triathlon and she was 45. At the very start she could not run to the Bus without getting out of breath and quite badly too. She sort out a Trainer a Personal one and asked him if she could get fitter than what she was. At first it was killing her to do the slightest thing and from there she went to where she was in that Triathlon a real winner not only because she won that but because she proved that Women of that age can overcome their problems to a point. She said she was very lucky to find a very good expert Trainer and that did help enormously. Part of it I suppose was her determination to improve when she realized in how bad a condition she was and wanted to lose weight safely but surely it all started from there. I don´t know her name but she is there somewhere this was about 10 years back now but she has my admiration for just trying. I think very gentle exercise at the start is a must. It serves of nothing to run 20 miles one Day and not do anything for the next 6 months so it has to be continual more or less so the body does not suffer. Me a lot of walking is what I do and that is about the only thing I can do at the moment as I suffered a shoulder injury which still keeps repeating if I try to do something much stronger.xxx

i think short exercise such as walking or running on a daily basis is better for you then try to cut back on portion size of foods.. but i dont agree with likking your self in the gym i went to our indoor gym to walk around there track i loved it and it made me want to walk.. and they have an exercise room and i would see so many people in there killing there self on tread mills and such and they would be all red and sweating and im think my gosh.. so i kept walking the track only every day and made friends with the other walkers and there was an older lady who i talked to she was old but had a hot body anybody would agree.. and i ask her how she looked so good. and she said right her.. walking i do it every day for a long time ago..and right then i knew i would never kill myself on a boring exercise again so now i still walk, but due to money i had to give the gym membership up so i walk outside daily and its great and im losing.. works for me..

I think,it depends on your age.If you are young,then short,but hard exercise is useful for you.But what if you are old,say,above sixty? My friend's father is now 65.A few months back he decided to start running regularly in the evening and he implemented his decision.He used to run short distances,but as fast as he could.It would take him barely 2 or 3 minutes,and then he would return home.Thus he used to take exercise that was perhaps hard for a man of his age,but only for 2 to 3 minutes.The result was that he started to feel pain in his legs and at last he had to give up running. I think,he would not have any problem had he used to run fast that was perhaps too much for a man of his age.

I am no expert in this topic. All I can say is that as per my experience, long durations with light workouts don't stress your muscles & you actually feel more refreshed. But, I suppose due to tine constraints, one would tend to go the short & hard way. For me, short duration high intensity exercises really tend to make me feel more stressed. I used to do short duration exercises at the gym before but it didn't work very well with me. I would do these exercises for about 1 - 2 days & then, skip the gym on the 3rd & 4th day because I was never able to recover fully from high intensity exercises. Nowadays, I go with the short & light version. And, I have actually been sucessful in going to the gym regularly... :-)

for me, i agree on the short but hard physical exercise, because we burn more when our heart rate is faster or increases. but i usually do is, on the 1st week i do hard physical exercises like, hard cardio, and taebo, on the next week i do pilates and yoga

The idea behind the short but hard workout is to get your heartbeat up. The heart will take longer to recover and that's a good thing if you're exercising for overall fitness and are fairly healthy. Your body keeps burning calories even after you're resting when you do intense exercise.

In my experience steady and gentle exercise is far better than working hard. We need to listen to our body's more and not push it to extremes. There have been cases of people doing damage to themselves by pushing too hard, even athletes have caused themselves problems. Unless we have a thorough medical check, how can we know the condition of our hearts and inner organs? Only the other week, a fit football player was in the news because he collapsed with a heart attack. Apparently there was a problem that he knew nothing about. He said that he had been feeling off-colour that day - what a shame he didn't listen to his body and get himself checked out. His life won't be the same now. I know because I had a heart attack in my late 50s.. I thought that was young then, but I had an inherited blood-clotting condition, that I knew nothing about. _Derek

Depends what you want from your exercise, really. For example, if you're a bodybuilder, you want massive, impressive muscles and don't care about stamina. For that, you need to lift the heaviest weight you can possibly manage, two or three times. If you're a long-distance runner, you don't need massive muscles. You need lean, energy-efficient muscles that work well for a long time. And for that, you need to train for stamina, not strength, which means lighter exercise for a much longer period of time. If you're looking for general health, you want something in between. You need some stamina, some strength, some cardio, some flexibility... and for all those, you need a middling amount of time with a variety of exercises. There is no "better" general way to exercise. Only better ways for your specific needs.

I can imagine that. What we want to do is bring ourselves to our limits, bring our heart rates up to 80-90%. A lot of people go walking, which great and of course is still exercise, but I think it's better to get your heart rate up higher than you do when walking or doing some low-intensity workout. Happy MyLotting!

Personally, I think exercise is just good period. I have read that long and easy is just as beneficial as short and hard. However, I know when I really push myself I have a more difficult time recovering. I am a runner and can handle several short runs every day but the long (over 10 miles) seem to kick my butt! lol!

Well it depends on your state of health to begin with. If you are not used to exercising a lot, take it light and slowly. Otherwise you might do more damage to yourself than good. Well look at heavy weight lifters, they do short hard frequently exercise same with boxing. depends which sport or exercise you do. I wouldn't say 1 way is better than another way. Look at dancers they do longer and lighter, but also very fit! get my point? If your not sure, stop exercising when your body tells you, then go again when recovered. I think the author on this article didn't really know what he was writing to be honest..lol

That question depends on what the exercise is, but if we're talking about bodybuilding, there is no question that short and intensive hard works are better than long and light exercise. A training should be maximum 1 hour - hour and a half even that is too much. As you know the muscle grows out side the gym and the growing process will be very big with a short but hard work out. If your talking about a cardio exercise 30 minutes are enough. Whatever your workout is, it should be as much as intensive, but never too hard, because over training could be very dangerous. I hope I was useful, Good Luck :) !

yeah,but according to me the article is correct...our body started to burn our calories after a short time of exercise....if u keep on doing slow exercise i don't think it going to work for your health muscles

Yes, long and light exercise are known as cardio exercises which burns more fats. However, short, hard workouts are more explosive, achieving maximum results in shortest time. IT's beneficial for people who don't have much time. For example, we can run 10km under 50mins, and yet we feel alright, but the moment we climb ups 100 steps, we would be so breathless. See the difference between the two? One is a long, light exercise while the other is short and hard. At the end of it, those are able to climb, are sure to be able to run. BUt those able to run, are not able to climb for sure.

hi there, i think i will have to agree with you. short but hard work out is really going to be stressful and just too much and the body will really be having a hard time.

Well, I don't know. But I am curious to know which one is the best. As for me, I always do the short and hard work outs as I really want to finish the work outs fast. Long workouts tend to get through my endurance making me do shortcuts and roundabouts with the work out. So I really don't have any idea which is better. Maybe some body experts can help us out in here.

I don't really know a lot about exercise but I think short but hard is the way to go. It's been recommended to me that when working out I ought to makes short bursts of wild movement, hold it for 10 seconds, let my body recover for about 20 seconds, then rinse and repeat. You're burning more calories as your body recovers, aside from that you're also getting bigger muscles. Ofcourse, do this after a proper warm up so that your body doesn't get shocked.

for me, i agree on the short but hard physical exercise, because we burn more when our heart rate is faster or increases.

how about just going hard for long, seems like it would give the best results, go hard all the time! that's what i do.