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Anyone feel in terms of results the gym is overrated?

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,422 ✭✭✭italodisco


    Mellor wrote: »
    TBH, I was hoping you would point to something. Not really arsed reading back through 60 posts of randomness.

    Ah jesus lol

    I read through all of it last night as I couldn't sleep haha

    Not going there again. But really it was more a case of people making out you could build decent muscle outside the gym. And I know you would be well aware of the limitations on getting big at home without a serious cash investment.

    I'm not saying resistance bands are crap or anything of the sort but it's a serious challenge to get decent size training that way, but It's most certainly better than nothing.

    I think folk really need to understand that it takes longer than they envisage to see results and its not the gym that's letting them down, more their own behaviour and habits.

    I'm heading back next week to train and I've already got doms thinking about it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 408 ✭✭KurtBarlow



    Most people will have a higher bpm then 100 when walking briskly many will reach 125 bpm

    Also walking is far superior to HIT cardio at the end of a cut down when you are trying go burn that last bit of fat . True 20 minutes of HIT cardio will burn more calories than 20 minutes of walking however HIT is very taxing on the CNS and 20 minutes x3 times on alternate days a week is about the most anyone can do. The EPOC claim about it too is absolute garbage


    With regards walking it's low intensity so there won't be a limit to how much you can do

    It doesnt increase ones appetite like more intensive forms of exercise

    Walking is also releases endorphins so its a great mood enhancer and de-stressor


    So no walking is not useless. Far from it



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