10-12-16, 03:26 PM | |
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I guess it depends on whether you are conditioned enough to handle it? More intense and longer workouts carry more risk for injury and negative stress responses. And some bodies respond to intense or sustained effort with a corresponding jump in appetite and the need for more recovery/rest.
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10-12-16, 03:48 PM | ||
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Georgia
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I am more hungry and achy with more intense workouts.
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10-12-16, 04:23 PM | |
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For me, it's not the length of the workouts or even the intensity that gets me best results. It's the consistency. I get the best results and feel my best when I work out pretty much every day - no matter what I do or for how long. By results I mean staying healthy, flexible and ache-free. These are the "results" I value most at this time of my life.
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10-12-16, 05:25 PM | |
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: USA
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x 1,000!!!!!
I would love to exercise for harder and longer, but I get so ravenous and then sooooooo frustrated when I work out hard and eat thousands of calories to quench my insatiable appetite. However, I think with a VERY slow progression of intensity and length (after consistency has been established), you can sneak into more intense/long workouts and not have the appetite problem...to a point. But that transition for me in the past has happened over months or even years before getting the intensity up without the appetite problem. I've gotten my best results lately by doing barre type workouts that don't burn much calories, but give me toning benefits while "clean eating" as much as possible. If I do high intensity workouts, I try to make them shorter which doesn't make me ravenous.
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10-12-16, 05:27 PM | ||
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