I remember watching a similar documentary in discovery channel years back. According to what I remember. If you do an exercise in real life = 100 percent
When you visualize it = 90 percent.
If you body remembers the feeling, you can go less to the gym and visualize daily. Example, if you used to go to the gym every other day, you can change this to 2- 3 times a week. Even once a week.
This is a fact. ^^, I'm glad someone posted this, it made me recall that documentary.