Anders
Level 6 Valued Member
-I need more aerobic conditioning, but am a little strapped for time and would like some sort of "one stop shop" for strength, endurance and aerobic conditioning. Would either of these fit that?
1) How much strapped are you on time ?
2) What have you achieved so far ? Have you achieved timeless simple ?
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According to the health system here in Norway more is always better in terms of training up until a very high amount of training time which starts to become unhealthy. The health system in Norway recommend 150 minutes or more with high intensity training or 300 minutes or more with moderate intensity.
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Your challenge could be two things:
1) You are not training enough (in terms of minutes and hours).
2) You are training enough in minutes and hours, but you are not doing the right exercises in terms of your goals.
You want to achieve a little bit of everything, but you do not have a lot of time. This will always be a problem. If you have not already achieved simple, I would do that first. After that I guess you could try to go for solid (which I have not done myself) or maybe try Q&D.
Personally I find that being relatively strong by using kettlebells will automatically improve your endurance and and aerobic conditioning.
Finally I would highly recommend an active lifestyle. If you bicycle to work or with your kids, and hike mountains with your friends or a wife you will improve aerobic fitness without spending more time "training".
My last advice, since you are strapped on time, is to make training easy accessible. Have training equipment at home. Do things that you think are fun. Don't be dependent on a gym or good weather for you to go through with your training.