pretty small, hard to quantify but I’d guess under 20% and perhaps under 10.
A lot of stuff turns out to hinge on effort. One of the reasons that strength programs work better than generic exercise routines is that with higher reps it’s easy to ‘tire yourself out’ at a level that doesn’t actually drive that much adaptation. Think of those fitness classes with weights. Decent cardio, but they don’t gain much strength.
How large do you think the marginal benefits of doing the full workout you recommend in Updates and Reflections on Optimal Exercise after Nearly a Decade versus the quicker version in this post?
pretty small, hard to quantify but I’d guess under 20% and perhaps under 10.
A lot of stuff turns out to hinge on effort. One of the reasons that strength programs work better than generic exercise routines is that with higher reps it’s easy to ‘tire yourself out’ at a level that doesn’t actually drive that much adaptation. Think of those fitness classes with weights. Decent cardio, but they don’t gain much strength.