I’ve got a crazy schedule, with a new kid and a job with weird shifts and a long commute and a bunch of other stuff. I almost never have a solid hour to myself to just work out. I used to do a full body workout 3-4 times a week and I was happy with that. Nowadays I just don’t have the time.
I was thinking of getting around that by having three to five moderately intense weight lifting sessions per day. But each “session” would only be about 10 minutes. So it’d be like do 10 minutes of bench presses in the morning, squeeze in 10 minutes squats on my lunch break, do 10 minutes of deadlifts after work, 10 minutes abs/core work before bed. And I’d do that 3 - 4 times a week.
Of course, that’s just an example. But it’s the kind of thing that’s practical for me right now.
I’m wondering, assuming my diet is OK, would that kind of “program” get results? Could I bulk or cut with a program like that?
Yes. You will get the same results with possibly even greater benefits to your blood pressure. Several studies have found multiple short workouts a day to be superior to doing it all at once. Like this one for instance.
The study I linked to tested one uninterrupted 30 minute cardio session per day versus three 10-minute, spaced out sessions. The (3x 10min) group had the greatest reduction in blood pressure and was the only group that showed a sustained lower pressure throughout the night and the following morning.
Okay. Thanks guys. What do you all reckon for this as a basic “program”?
Early am - 5x10 Bench press.
Lunch - 5x10 Dumbbell squats.
After work - 5x10 Deadlifts.
Evening - As many sets of crunches as I can work into 10 minutes
One minute rest between sets. Three or four times a week?
If your going to limit your exercises to three sets a day, you’re going to have to do it EVERY day. And you’ll need to exercise different body parts every day as well. You still need to cover biceps, triceps, shoulders, back, etc…