How many days a week should I do my workouts if I only spend 15 minutes doing them?

[alliecheergirl123]

I do my typical ab workouts and squatting in 15 minutes minus cardio! Since im not spending like 1 hour doing my ab workouts, leg workouts, etc can i do them like 6 days a week?

[JSmuve]

If it's only 15 minutes per day and I'm assuming you're using light weights or no weights at all for your squats, then why not do 7 days?

[alliecheergirl123]

Im afraid it will slow down results! There's a lot of research that says working the abs more than 4 times a week can slow down results

[JSmuve]

What does your ab workout consist of?

[alliecheergirl123]

3 minute of planking, 1 minute of leg lifts, 1 minute of bicycle crunches, 1 minute of regular crunches, 1 minute of piking, 2 minutes of squatting, 2 minutes of lifting weights

[JSmuve]

I haven't seen the research that you're stating so I can't give an informed opinion, but I'd imagine it's for high intensity training. You're just spending 15 minutes doing relatively low-moderate intensity stuff. 6-7 days of that stuff should be fine.

Alternatively, you could ramp up the intensity and do 1 hour long sessions. Or split it up and do 4 15-minute sessions per day. Then I'd probably bring it down to 4x per week. But what you're doing seems small potatoes to me anyways. I'd be surprised if you saw any noticeable results with your current plan.

[Blondiee2014]

If you literally only do 15 minutes a day that nothing you can do that everyday.

[Anonymous]

you can do cardio daily, but strength training should be done every second day (or less)

[Anonymous]

That's fine. Shouldn't over stress but the truth is it may yield little results

[alliecheergirl123]

So do you think 4 days would be better?

[alliecheergirl123]

And should i increase the time i spend on my workouts if i do 4 days?

[Surferfer]

to be honest, if you're only spending 15 minutes a day you are wasting your time. Spend at least 40 minutes.

[rogue_alpha]

If the part of your body you're wanting to exercise isn't sore, then go for it.