I have the attention span of a freaking gnat. After an hour, I am done. To be honest with you, after a half of an hour I am usually done. And if the person talking to me is boring, well, my eyes get glazed over and I am thinking of something else all together, like cheesesteaks. And a class? If its longer than an hour, schedule it for another day. Im nodding my head, bored. I have been to seminars where they make it long just to...make it long so that they can charge more money. That's backwards. I would pay the same for a badass hour long seminar. Man, I went to a class one time for a certification and I was popping caffeine pills and ephedrine and chugging coffee and it was so boring and dumb that I still fell asleep. And it took 2 days. I was nodding in and out both days. Maybe I have an issue.
Anyway, I have done a bunch of stuff;powerlifting, bodybuilding, Muay Thai. Rarely , if ever, have any of the sessions taken over an hour and usually a half hour. I trained Muay Thai with Rigel Balsamico in Philly and he used to murder me in about 30 minutes. I would be lying on the ground in a puddle of sweat. I would be gagging while doing pad work. It was great. No way that intensity he demanded could go for an hour. Well, maybe for some, but not many, and not ALL OUT.
I see people training for long periods of time and they say, "Man, I was going hard for 2 hours!" Yeah okay. You were talking and messing around. Try to not say a word except for counting reps. Not allowed to talk about your girl. Not allowed to talk about a damn thing. Just count reps. See how long the training takes. Do 15 sets in 30 minutes. Then leave. You will feel refreshed and have a great pump. Actually if it is leg day and you do fifteen sets of squats, you won't feel refreshed , you will feel nauseous, but you will grow, grow, grow. 15 sets of 12 . Thats BARBELL squats, not goblet squats or belt squats. You can use the Hatfield Bar. That's allowed. You go and your partner goes. No rest. And the first time, you will be sore for a week. Then you will adjust . And you'll never train another way.
I know that I am being unrealistic, that some people use the gym as a social place. Ugh. That's your thing. Just don't say it is training. So what I am saying is that if you work your tail off, and the training takes 30 minutes, don't feel guilty about it, feel happy. You are training efficiently, and purposeful. Give it a shot.
Anyway, I have done a bunch of stuff;powerlifting, bodybuilding, Muay Thai. Rarely , if ever, have any of the sessions taken over an hour and usually a half hour. I trained Muay Thai with Rigel Balsamico in Philly and he used to murder me in about 30 minutes. I would be lying on the ground in a puddle of sweat. I would be gagging while doing pad work. It was great. No way that intensity he demanded could go for an hour. Well, maybe for some, but not many, and not ALL OUT.
I see people training for long periods of time and they say, "Man, I was going hard for 2 hours!" Yeah okay. You were talking and messing around. Try to not say a word except for counting reps. Not allowed to talk about your girl. Not allowed to talk about a damn thing. Just count reps. See how long the training takes. Do 15 sets in 30 minutes. Then leave. You will feel refreshed and have a great pump. Actually if it is leg day and you do fifteen sets of squats, you won't feel refreshed , you will feel nauseous, but you will grow, grow, grow. 15 sets of 12 . Thats BARBELL squats, not goblet squats or belt squats. You can use the Hatfield Bar. That's allowed. You go and your partner goes. No rest. And the first time, you will be sore for a week. Then you will adjust . And you'll never train another way.
I know that I am being unrealistic, that some people use the gym as a social place. Ugh. That's your thing. Just don't say it is training. So what I am saying is that if you work your tail off, and the training takes 30 minutes, don't feel guilty about it, feel happy. You are training efficiently, and purposeful. Give it a shot.
