How Important Is Consistency in Fitness?

Published: Aug. 5, 2015, 2:34 p.m.

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Time to take an informal poll. Who here fits in two strength training sessions, 1-2 sprint/interval sessions and 3-5 hours of walking or low level cardio on top of ample play time \\u2013 every single week? I\\u2019m betting there\\u2019s still a lot of hands raised in this crowd, but I\\u2019m going to wager I lost quite a number as the list went on. In an ideal world with a perfect schedule, we\\u2019d all consistently reach these goals. The best results come from this general protocol. That said, this level of regularity is probably the exception rather than the rule if you\\u2019re talking about the long-term \\u2013 month after month, year after year. And, yet, plenty of us are in great shape \\u2013 even if we didn\\u2019t always fit in the above full regimen. Hmm\\u2026 Maybe the concept of consistency is more nuanced than we normally give it credit for.

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(This Mark's Daily Apple article was written by Mark Sisson, and is narrated by Brock Armstrong)

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