Hi CT, i really like this kind of approch ! i would like to train more often but reduce time. Is there any reason why you don’t perform a squat with the bench ? or can i add squat with this or not ?
is this a good approach if example i train with this method in the morning and in the PM i go to a mountain to walk as a ‘‘cardio’’.
You can use any exercise you want. I was only giving an example of what could be done. It is the plan I followed when I got out of the hospital years ago and had a limited capacity to train.
Understand that it is NOT how I would train clients or train myself under normal circumstances. And you can’t get the same results training 20 minutes as training 45-60 minutes with the same quality. But it is enough to get some improvements if you really can’t afford to train more than 20-30 minutes.
Yes frequency is king. But for MAXIMUM improvements you still need so workload. You tell that your body can’t afford 6 x 45-60 min then that might be a symptom that something is not optimal in your body or needs fixing.
That having been said 4 x 60 min and 2-3 x 20 min would be much much much better than 6 x 20 min
Something like…
DAY 1 - Hard workout
DAY 2 - 20 min workout
DAY 3 - Moderate workout
DAY 4 - OFF
DAY 5 - Hard workout
DAY 6 - 20 min workout
DAY 7 - Moderate workout
DAY 8 - 20 min workout
Repeat