Quote Originally Posted by Animeniax View Post
If you work out and then stop for a while, does it feel like wasted effort, or do you feel each workout is intrinsically beneficial in itself?
Hmm..

Well, each workout in intrinsically beneficial in that it burns whatever energy you expended at that time and also raises your metabolism for around 48hrs afterwards. That happens regardless of your regular workout regime, so in that sense it's intrinsically beneficial.

On the other hand though, whatever muscle mass you gain is hardly noticable if you do it just once, and your cardio fitness would slip backwards from lack of exercise with time anyway...

Is that what you mean? I'm not sure if I quite get the question.