minimal effective dose of exercise
I was looking at Dr Doug Mcguff's book, and Tim Ferris' chapter from 4 hour body on minimal effective dose of weight training to build muscle (Suggest 1 30min workout once a week of 1 set per muscle group!!!), and wondered your thoughts, but also minimal dose needed for metabolic benefit, longevity, CV health etc. My mother destroyed her knees/hips/back and ankles doing aerobic marathons and running, and any potential benefit from the exercise was more than negated in terms of quality of life by being crippled and immobile for years before she died prematurely of unrelated causes. I also refuse to leave my kids or dump them in a daycare to exercise as I feel an extra few hours per week with them now is much more valuable than that time x10 tacked on to the end of life, so am looking to minimize time commitment and joint damage to still achieve optimal return on investment/max bang for the buck... (2 hr workout isnt likely to be 4x more beneficial than 30 min, and 6 days a week isn't likely 3x better than 2)... Thank you