So, we are heading into the New Year! Congratulations! However, much like Christmas, I can talk until I'm blue in the face about making sure you stay consistent with your dieting. Yet I know the odds of that happening are slim! Therefore I want to follow up where we left off. Interval training is the BEST way to yield results when it comes to fitness and burning fat. Your heart rate is key, alongside an intense level of cardio. The correct amount of interval training forces the body to yield results long after the workout is over and you are at home sleeping it off. Let me explain.
When you do interval training you are decreasing your body's oxygen supply. That is why it is not possible to sustain true anaerobic activity for lengthy periods of time and thus we break up these periods of exertion into intervals. Hence the name: Interval Training. Even when you are done with your workout, because your body has to replenish its cells with oxygen, it has to work to do so which means that it is burning calories in the process! The higher the intensity level of your workouts, the more oxygen and energy are needed to replace your body's depleted supply; up to 48 hours after your workout is complete!
Understand this key concept: Exercising for fitness is not about the duration of TIME, rather, the level of INTENSITY. Nothing is more frustrating than seeing individuals repeat the same routines over and over again. And then when they come to me for advice, they go back to what they were doing before, looking for a different outcome. Not only does longer, lower intensity cardio not yield maximum results but it also makes you prone to injury because you are doing the same movements over and over again, therefore running the risk of overworking your precious body. Remember; your body is and instrument. Let's treat it as such! Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! And let's not shred our diet. Let's come back ready to exercise smarter and more effectively!
Visit me again next week for more fitness information.
-Jay
When you do interval training you are decreasing your body's oxygen supply. That is why it is not possible to sustain true anaerobic activity for lengthy periods of time and thus we break up these periods of exertion into intervals. Hence the name: Interval Training. Even when you are done with your workout, because your body has to replenish its cells with oxygen, it has to work to do so which means that it is burning calories in the process! The higher the intensity level of your workouts, the more oxygen and energy are needed to replace your body's depleted supply; up to 48 hours after your workout is complete!
Understand this key concept: Exercising for fitness is not about the duration of TIME, rather, the level of INTENSITY. Nothing is more frustrating than seeing individuals repeat the same routines over and over again. And then when they come to me for advice, they go back to what they were doing before, looking for a different outcome. Not only does longer, lower intensity cardio not yield maximum results but it also makes you prone to injury because you are doing the same movements over and over again, therefore running the risk of overworking your precious body. Remember; your body is and instrument. Let's treat it as such! Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! And let's not shred our diet. Let's come back ready to exercise smarter and more effectively!
Visit me again next week for more fitness information.
-Jay
Had a very intense workout today with Jay. I thought he was going to take it easy with me because of the holidays...but he showed me no mercy! Thanks Jay!!!!
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