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I Exercise Regularly

I prefer high-intensity, rigorous exercise for short bursts to marathon-like, low-intensity-spread-out-over-a-longer-timespan type exercise.

The first type is less time-consuming, and I think it's better in a number of ways.

On days that otherwise would be my cardio days, I do maybe 7 sets of +-20 seconds rigorous exercise with around 2-3 minutes breaks in-between (and I'm done with it after around 15 minutes as opposed to 60 minutes of cardio)--the idea is to push yourself hard or hard as you can (honestly, I don't know if I've ever pushed myself as hard as I can).

And I mix up the workouts: sprinting; mountain climber; high knees; cycling at the gym; elliptical at the gym (without working the arms); rope.

Here and there during the day and/or night, I'll also do some high knees during a break.

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SW-User

Sounds good to me. As much as I like going on long runs and can handle them well, health and fitness wise, I prefer doing what you suggested, rigorous exercise for short bursts so like a set or 10 or 20 or short hill sprints 50m at about 75% of my max. I also think it improves fitness much faster and is also better for weight loss if that's something your focusing on. I'm not an expert but that's just how it feels to me.

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Andrew19EightyFive · 36-40, M

@SW-User Personally, I wouldn't boil them, as I think the goodness or nutrients leach away into the water.

Potatoes I usually have baked in the oven, but otherwise, I usually have the veggies raw (personally).

I'm not an expert on cooking veggies, but maybe in a sense it's better to cook them, say as with a stir fry. I'd imagine that you'd lose less, if any, of the nutrients that way.

For protein (what comes to mind), I have oats, milk, eggs, chicken, fish and steak.

I can imagine that soon I'm also going to start having flaxseeds, pumpkin seeds and other stuff.

SW-User

@Andrew19EightyFive I'm pretty much the same, I don't ever boil vegetables for the reason you said. I mostly stir fry them but a lot i prefer to eat raw especially carrots. I've heard that flaxseeds are supposed to be really good although I don't know alot about them.

Andrew19EightyFive · 36-40, M

@SW-User I don't know all the details, but I can imagine that flaxseeds would be one of the foods you'd take if you want to bulk up more without resorting to unhealthy foods.

Andrew19EightyFive · 36-40, M

That being said... it may not be the best option for everyone. For instance, if you have a health issue that might be aggravated by pushing your heart too hard, maybe another type of exercise would be better for you and still give you health benefits.

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