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Get-Fit Guy

How to lose muscle (on purpose)

Get-Fit Guy

Macmillan Holdings, LLC

Health & Fitness, Sports

4.6746 Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Losing muscle isn't going to be super easy, because muscle and strength are actually very resilient.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to Get Fit Guy. Coach Kevin Donne here. This week I thought I would dedicate a whole episode to replying to listener emails.

0:13.4

Really value the email questions that I receive and can always get to responding in a timely manner.

0:19.5

So this week I'll answer a few in one go.

0:21.8

If you want to ask me a question, email me at get fit guy at quick and dirty tips.com

0:26.5

or post on the Get Fit Guy Facebook page.

0:29.9

We just request emails aren't challenging Greek epics for word count.

0:34.8

And you just ask me one question per email.

0:37.3

Don't try to circumvent the system by

0:39.3

sending me separate emails. I admire the workaround, but I know all the tricks. So, kicking things

0:47.2

off, we have Rahul in Hong Kong who writes, I'm in my 40s, drop my son to school every morning, then have a 25-minute walk to work in the heat of Hong Kong summer.

0:59.8

Therefore, I decide to shower at the gym near my office before reaching work.

1:04.7

You usually reach the gym at 8.30, but I have to be in my office at 9.

1:09.5

I would have 10 minutes to do any form of exercise every morning before I get ready.

1:14.9

Is there any point in doing weight training for 10 minutes?

1:18.4

And if so, what can you recommend?

1:21.3

Well, Rahul, having lived there for over a decade,

1:24.9

I'm very familiar with the heat of Hong Kong,

1:26.9

which is really more the humidity of Hong Kong, which is really more

1:28.1

the humidity of Hong Kong. It feels much hotter than it is because the moisture content in the air

1:35.1

impedes sweat evaporations from the skin surface. And much drier heat, such as Arizona, this sweat

1:43.4

evaporation cools one down.

1:46.6

Now, do I think there's anything that you could do weight training-wise in 10 minutes?

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