By Marina Aagaard, MFE
Long ago one of my mentors, Yvonne Lin, World Champion of Wushu karate and a tai chi and sports aerobic expert, opened my semi-shot fitness eyes; in dedicated sports training it is all about getting optimal results with minimal time investment in order to have more time for fun; more sports, more party, more travelling …
Since then I have worked to promote time-efficient workouts. And recently I read a text with a thought, which PR-wise nails it … anyway in my head, which is produced by to pharmacists:
Program and train according to the MED principle.
“MED of exercise is the crucial skill set that you need to develop (…)”.
Dr. Phil Cobb, in ‘7 Costly mistakes trainers make and how to avoid them’).
MED, Minimal Effective Dose, is an expression from pharmacology and it is used by doctors and pharmacists about the amount necessary for the medicine to work:
Too little: Does not work.
Right: Works well and you will get better.
Too much: Harmful; you may get ill (injured), sick or die.
Think about exercise as medicine, a medication. Your exercise should – like medicine – be administered in the right dosage, otherwise you will not receive all the expected benefits. On the contrary …
Think about establishing MED, the minimal dose, needed for your workout to be exactly right and work in the intended way.
At present most exercisers are ‘over-medicated’ and work out too much and too hard with too little to show for it. There is room for improvement: Train smarter, not harder …
(harder here meaning the wrong, long, enduring, grinding way).
Fitness training is of course so wonderful, that many of us want to train a lot! However, you could say, that if you train faster (for a shorter time period) and more efficiently, you will have time for extra and maybe more exciting, diverse exercise.
Happy workout!
Read more:
Phil Cobb: 7 Costly Mistakes Trainers Make and How to Avoid Them.
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