AMA: August Edition
You’ll learn: The ideal number of high-intensity workouts to do for your goal; a surprising way to approach exercise while traveling.
Quick Notes:
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Today’s questions came from two 2% Founding Members.
The first question is: How many intense workouts should I do each week? This answer explores:
- How to tailor intense exercise to your goal.
- The upsides and downsides of hard exercise.
- What constitutes an intense workout? (Definition).
- Research on the effects of high-intensity training.
- How the effects of high-intensity training change as we age.
- How to fit high-intensity exercise into your life depending on how many days a week you exercise.
The second question is: What’s a good exercise protocol for traveling? (Especially air travel, where you can’t bring equipment.) We look at:
- How I approach exercise while traveling.
- How to use hotel gyms better.
- The psychological upsides of re-framing travel workouts.
- The fundamental workout framework you can do in your hotel room or even the worst hotel gym.
Let’s roll … below you’ll find:
- Audio of the post.
- Show notes featuring deeper descriptions of the information and links.
- A transcript for people who prefer to read.
