Slow down

Have you ever seen people rushing around the gym, fitting an hour's working into 20 minutes?

Performing each set at break neck speed, only having a 10 second breather before their next workout, or set? Then proudly proclaiming that they've finished they workout in record time?

Sorry to say, but this ain't the way to go if you want to build good quality muscle.

With these super fast workout you will get physically tried and thus feel that you 20 minute stint in the gym was worth it. But you are only working out your fast-twitch muscles and not the all important, and bigger, slow-twitch muscles. These are the boys that give you the muscle mass.

So if you only have a finite amount of time for the workout, cut back on the amount of exercises/sets you have planned for that session. Take it down to the basics, ensuring your still covering all the body parts you had planned for.

This way you have more time to focus on the exercises, move the weights slowly and deliberately. This will get your larger slow-twitch muscle groups in on the act, and you will still benefit from even time-limited workout sessions.