Saturday, 28 December 2013

Running for weight loss-chester le street

Running for weight loss-chester le street


I am always persuading clients, members and anybody who would care to listen that cardio is a thing of yester-year, i used to band round all of the fat burning terms too and perscribe long slow runs....before i was educated...
Seriously all of the benefits you can gain from cardio can be gained by high intensity training, without spending hours on a treadmill or out in the park.
For example, oxygenation is a term used to describe the amount of oxygen entering our tissue (and cells where it's needed) and cardio can help increase that. You overall cardiovascular health of the heart and lungs can be improved by doing cardio, which some people refer to as becoming 'fitter', but it can also be improved doing high intensity training. Increased weight loss and better blood sugar balance by doing cardio is one other benefit, but again a benefit that is much more prolific from high intensity training. Even the benefit of that 'release' from doing cardio that some people get afterwards, you can still get that from high intensity work and in a much shorter time too.

Do i hang up my trainers?
Studies show that you can increase you CV (aerobic) ability/fitness by doing high intensity training - so should we ever run again?
If you love running or are training for a running event then dont stop it, however if you are serious about loosing some timber then there are much more effective methods.

Below is an example and a suggested sollution...
Scenario  - Jenny runs for 45 minutes every day Monday - Friday and has stopped losing weight - why?
A. It's likely that this person's body has adapted to what it's doing and has become more aerobically conditioned. This means that they can now go further with less fuel which means they'll not need to burn as many calories as they did when they first started (maybe why the fat is becoming more stubborn). To make it more productive I would suggest doing the following programme, it takes a shorter time and will yield better results :
Solution - Jenny could do 40 minutes of weight training monday,wednesday and friday. Tuesday and thursday jenny could do either 30 minutes of hard interval training or a tough metabolic class such as metafit-trainhard tabata or bootcamp.

Even the solution should be changed and tweaked often, if you do anything all of the time it starts getting easier and thats a scientific fact folks....   The metafit bubble-i look around and yup the exercise techniques are getting better, however people are finishing looking less and less tired....its happening the bubble is bursting.
My story
I was a runner, a pretty good one.  In the Army i would run for the Regiment, had been selected to run for the Corps and at one stage in my career i was quick enough to run for the Army.   woop dee doo though i was a skinny little bugger and always felt freezing(fat is our natural body warmer).  I was training twice a day, six days a week and i could eat what ever i wanted-no suprise there.

Nowadays

I run when i turn up to Army reserve training once a week, demo a lot of good exercise during my classes and do the odd set of weights.  I eat much better and am in the shape of my life.

So what i am saying is...dont waste your time.  you can do this much easier i promise.

i am on the right, in the olden days..lol


For loads more of these tips, pop into ladies at leisure gym

Glenn (trains half as much as you) Hill

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