SSj4Wingzero posted...
Even if I could perform lunges, I wouldn't, because I dislike them and would rather not do them.
That's why I think that website you listed is pretty silly because it says, and I quote:
The truth is, you do not *need* lunges. You do not *need* swings. You do not *need* carries. You do not *need* swings. Hell, you do not even *need* squats! (It's hard to argue that you don't need pushing or pulling since he specified a strength routine, and it's hard to have strength without pushing or pulling anything). Plenty of people have gotten big and strong without those things. There are plenty of folks who have gone to the gym just to do one exercise (Olympic Weightlifters do this - it's not uncommon to see them go into a gym and do a single exercise in a workout, and they're certainly strong as fuck).
It seems like that guy at that website was running out of ideas and just threw together some shit because he was trying to write a post to get some clicks, which is pretty common in the world of fitness. In truth, everything in the area of fitness has been pretty much done to death - we already know how to get strong and healthy, it's basically common sense, you go to the gym, pick some exercises you like, and you keep doing them while making them slightly more challenging every day/week/month/etc.
In fact the older I get the more I think the goal is to get more bang for your buck. Who the fuck has time to do six exercises? Nowadays my goal is to do 3 exercises in the gym before leaving and it's made training a lot more fun - I've cut down on the junk volume and I have more time for other things
Yes. Congrats. As I've repeated. Consistency matters more. If you don't like lunges. Don't do them. Even if able. Do you need it? That depends. What is your goal?Your goal from this outlook is being an avid goer. Great.
The physical science is clear on how to exercise. I could provide medical journals on the science of muscle activation with resistance training but that's not the purpose of the ask. It's more the need to know vs do. You need to know how beneficial activating your quads are but you don't need to activate them if that's not your goal. Needing to know is basically saying you need to know what to do in the gym without self injury. The actual workout you do depends on the goal.
I do the same with my workouts. The time is independent to the intensity of the workout. A 30 min workout will be equally as intensive as the 90 mins. I only need the 30 mins.