What is the Optimal Workout Duration?!

​Getting to the gym is half the battle, but once you’ve arrived just how long should your workout last?  Unfortunately there is no simple, one size fits all, quantitative answer to this question.  To figure out the most optimal duration for a workout, we need to look at several things, but first and foremost you need to define what kind of a workout you PLAN on doing at the gym.  Feel free to re-read that last sentence, because I did in fact just say you need to have a plan before you stroll through the doors of your local fitness center.  Decide whether your workout for the day will be strength training based, targeting the major muscle groups or cardiovascular based, testing the endurance of your heart and lungs.  Since a lot of my readers despise cardio, let’s save that topic for another day and assume your workout will be centered on weight training.  Here are some things to consider.

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