Training Amount

How Much Training do you Need?

An important aspect of joining any gym or workout studio is the amount of training you need to achieve your goals. The amount will, of course, depend on several different factors including the level of sports in which to participate; your individual goals (i.e. do you want to become a top athlete or participate in recreational sports); and overall fitness goals of strength training; muscle growth; increasing stamina; body toning; rehabilitation; health promotion and prevention of illness, etc.

You also must determine the amount of time you want (or have) to devote to fitness training. Most people focus on health and fitness or recreational sports, rather than becoming a top athlete.

The goals of most people include their desire to increase stamina; tone and shape their bodies and improve their overall health and well-being. With these goals in mind, both strength and stamina training are important. Two to three training sessions a week should be adequate to achieve those goals. Training sessions should be done in the following manner: Warm up for power and strength, then perform the stamina training. Keep in mind that the same muscle should not be exercised on two successive days. The muscles do not adjust well to the training regimen when they become strained; conversely, they do so when they are recovering.

It is best to divide your sessions equally among the days of the week that you exercise so that you allow yourself one day's break. Your body will adjust better to the training if you allow for a change of strain and relaxation on alternate days. This guideline also applies if your goal is muscle growth.

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