Quote Originally Posted by Buffalobiian View Post
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.
No you got it right. I've always felt that if you don't continue your workout routine, then the occasional workout is kind of pointless. Yes you work off what you ate that day and maybe the next day. But in the larger scheme you would have gained as much from working out that one time as if you hadn't worked out, ie zero gain.

I can see the benefit of it maybe waking up a hunger to want to continue to work out and get in shape.