The Minimum Effective Dose for Health and Fitness

More is not always better.

Better is better.

The CrossFit Level 1 guide makes an important point. Fitness improves when the body is exposed to the right stress, often enough, to adapt.

Not maximum stress.
Not constant stress.

The right amount.

This is what the minimum effective dose means.

It is the smallest amount of training that reliably produces improvement.

Below it, nothing changes.
Above it, returns diminish and risk increases.

For most people, three training sessions per week is that dose.

Enough repetition to learn.
Enough stimulus to adapt.
Enough recovery to stay healthy.

Anything less feels busy but fragile.
Anything more is optional.

The Prescription Club is not about doing the least possible work.
It is about doing enough work, consistently.

That is where health lives.