this post was submitted on 15 Sep 2025
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[–] smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago

"Want to get results without the effort? We found a single nut job that supports your unrealistic expectations!"

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Summary: If you only have an hour per week to work out and want to make the most of it

  • Avoid time consuming set ups and weight switching (e.g. opt for dumbbells and machines with weight stacks over barbells)
  • Train multiple groups at once with compound exercises
  • Train harder and go to failure more often
  • Actually, train even harder and get closer to or past failure with drop sets

Nothing revolutionary here, but the advice is sound, and it's coming from a pretty reputable guy. Why is it getting so many downvotes? They're not saying this would be easy (and from experience, I can tell you it isn't), nor that it's a good way for beginners to get started.

Although...

you can get in and out of the gym in around 20 minutes. Do that 3 days a week

That might be a tad unrealistic. It takes five minutes to change and put away your bags. That leaves you with 10min to do your workout. Not worth it. Better to just do a full hour once a week and supplement with some bodyweight exercises at home.

[–] litchralee@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Clickbait headline, and the article isn't exactly filled with substance either. Downvoted because it wasn't even worth reading, when a simple web search reveals much better resources for folks getting started.