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Bodybuilders rotate body parts so that those can recover for a day or two. If they could work them out faster by working them out every day, they would. So I wish some study did what you did, but had groups doing what you did (all-out for ten minutes every day), a group going all out for ten minutes but every 2 days, a group each doing the same but every 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 60, 70, 80 days respectively. Obviously (or not so obviously!!) you'll get only a small percentage of the benefits as you go up in number of recovery days. But 10 minutes every 15 days for example is 4 hours a year. Is it possible that 4 hours a year of all-out exercise is the difference between fit and +30 lbs? Attached is my prediction of the results, based on the reasoning in my first paragraph. Doing it every day has been a baseline of "100%" based on what you said "Best shape I've ever been in." The only thing I'm sure about is that it must go up with a couple of days of rest. My attached chart: http://imgur.com/WwbpDhq It's a genuine experiment and I'd like to see someone do it. Also key is the "all-out" part. By the way, having noticed that certain physical professions, where everyone eats similarly, and does similar labor, are associated with certain builds, I thought I might be able to answer the question for myself, if I found a profession like moving man but where people only are called to, say, load and unload something manually, twice a month or once a month. However, I couldn't think of any such professions. Hence the idea of a controlled experiment! (Control = daily exercise.) [1] Historical coal shoveler:
https://40.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln0k8ensdg1qd7ygho1_500.j... Marines:
http://storyfeeds.com/wp-content/uploads/Shirtless-Marines-t... Rail track layer:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manual_labour#/media/File:RAIL... Moving men:
http://www.movers.com/images/companies/gallery/937.jpg since that picture has the company called "muscular moving men" you might think it's not a result of their job, so compare: https://www.flickr.com/photos/emb/7237524340 compare arms (similar) and chest with lower abs and think of the tasks of moving men. |
