Happy Thanksgiving, plus more "Workout Snack" Talk

I woke up early this morning with a little extra energy – even before my coffee – so I decided to head out into the frigid garage and hit a quick "workout snack."

I've seen the #dailypullyyourselfup trend has been going around Instagram again, so I figured I may as well throw my hat back in that ring and did 2, fairly easy, sets of 7 pullups. 

Yes yes – I did just do 3 sets of pullups yesterday. And yes I do have a little lingering back and bicep soreness from yesterday's pull session.

But we, humans, are not as fragile as we often treat ourselves to be. 

The body adapts to the stresses we impose upon it over time. And, bodyweight exercises – done for fairly low volumes – are not super systematically fatiguing, even if they are sometimes quite locally fatiguing for targeted muscle groups.

I'll probably do a few more "workout snacks" today along with my regular training (I've got Push on the menu), since I have the entire day off. 

I've been trying to supplement my normal hypertrophy-focused training with at least 1 or 2 brief "workout snacks" throughout the day recently. "Workout snack" is the specific phrase I've used to describe it, but the idea is not new. However, I find it's very helpful as a way to either supplement your training, or even be an entire training template for folks that claim to not have time to train.

Essentially, you do 1 to many quick bouts of exercise throughout the day, lasting anywhere from 1 minute to 15 minutes per bout. I've written an entire PDF and articles on this and think I will continue to add to those articles. If you're interested to read more, comment below or shoot me a message and I'll send you an article with detailed explanation along with 9 sample "workout snacks" you can use. It's free, of course.

I love training, so I use workout snacks as a way to instill training even more deeply into my life. I'll do my regular, 30-45 minute hypertrophy training 4-6 days per week, but I'll add in a "workout snack" or 2 nearly every day. I like to do a little something every day. It's good for my mind and soul which is probably good for society. A peaceful garage gym bro leads to a peaceful community.