I have no doubt that many workout routines can be streamlined and made more efficient, but I do wonder about programs like these. As far as I know, rest is an essential part of exercise as is mixing up routines to challenge the body to adapt to new stresses. Personally, I've been thinking about joining a boxing gym close to my new apartment as my cousin joined one and has gained great functional strength, which is what I'm interested in more than aesthetics, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't exercise to look better too. Let me know how it goes. I know we're long overdue for an evox, but once I finish moving (and probably the first week of regular work) I plan to rectify that. I need to send one back to cW too.
The main thing with working out, so far as my experience tells me, is that there are a lot of ways to skin that cat, but they all have one common feature: you've gotta work hard. You need to feel your muscles hurting, and your heart rate has to go up a ton. I've always mainly been a weight lifter. Lately, now that I feel like an old man, I'm mixing in some running; it makes me feel good after, but man do I hate it at the time. I don't run distance, and I don't run for a long time. What I do is jog for five minutes as a warm up, then I sprint for 45-60s, after which I walk until I catch my breath. Repeat that for 20-30 min, and even though I may have only gone two or three miles total, I'm dead as fuck. It hurts. A lot. But I think it's got me on the road to losing the few lbs I would like to lose.
It's 25 minutes of working out with some cool down time at the end. It's also many different workouts, not just one. So, it does give plenty of variability and "muscle confusion" in to the mix. My aim is to drop some lb.'s and then I'd like to start doing yoga pretty regularly. cW will be glad to hear this -he's a devout yoga practitioner.