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The Truth About Cardiovascular Exercise
I’m going to admit something that might shock you. I’ve been a professional fitness instructor for about ten years. During that time, I’ve studied quite a few different fitness programs. All of them required exercising for long periods of time. I was trained to think that I needed to keep my body going for 45-60 minutes to get a good work out… the kind that would burn off fat and increase both the strength of my heart and the capacity of my lungs.
Weight Loss: Back to Basics
In past articles, I have written about high-intensity interval training and its benefits in prolonging the after-burn effect. This is the ability of the body to increase metabolic disturbances hours after your workout sessions. But in this article, I want to take a step back and make exercise recommendations for people that are overweight and can’t handle the stress and anaerobic activity volume that comes with high-intensity metabolic training programs.
When it Comes to Cardio, Shorter and Harder is Better! Part 2: The Best Way to Perform Cardio for Fat Loss
Despite what unscrupulous diet ‘gurus’ would have you believe, weight loss is all about calories. You can employ all manner of highly hyped diet gimmicks, but you simply will not lose weight (aside from temporary water or fecal losses) if you do not establish a calorie deficit. To lose weight, you must burn more calories [...]
When it Comes to Cardio, Shorter and Harder is Better! Part 1: The Tabata Protocol
I’m sure you don’t need me to tell you cardiovascular activities such as running, cycling, and skipping are good for your heart and arteries. And unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last few decades, you’ll know that performing cardio on a regular basis is a great way to boost your calorie expenditure [...]
