Short Bursts of Exercise is Best

After the Christmas period there is normally the desire to lose a few kilos. The first thing people do is go for a run. Why? Well this is what they have been told to do for years to lose weight, so suddenly we have all these people out running, but is what they are doing really that great? truthfully....NO!!.

See short bursts of exercise (ever heard of intervals or interval training?) tell your body that storing fat is inefficient, since you never exercise long enough to utilise the fat stored during the interval.  Carbohydrates, which are stored in muscle rather than fat, burn energy at high rates, taping into burning carbs by using short high intensity exercise will help you burn much more fat after exercise while you replenish the carbs. Short intevals maximise what is known as fat "after burn". You will continue burning fat for up to 72hours afterwards.

(REACH NEW HEIGHTS WITH HIGH INTENSITY INTERVAL TRAINING)

Research shows you can actually burn 9 times more fat doing short intervals then slow long distance endurance training. This is because your metabolism increases after you stop the workout. Shorter duration interval training at high intensity stimulates a greater after burn in fat loss. The result? the loss of fat and the maintaining of muscle tone, which will give you that hard bodied lean look.

In addition to the fat loss benefit, high intensity interval training has other fantastic and desirable results for your health:
  • It improves maximal cardiac outputs
  • Promotes the development of quicker cardiac adjustments to changes in demand
  • Improves cholesterol levels
  • Provides anti-ageing benefits, fights against memory loss, accumulation of fat, increases libido, and prevents loss of srength and bone density.
  • And ..........helps you lose weight by burning much more fat after you stop exercising.
So do yourself a favour, stop the after Christmas cardio craze, where each session involves long distance, low intensity cardio. This type of training done on a regular basis weakens muscles, shrinks muscles, puts a increased dependancy on body fat for energy meaning you will actually store more fat.

WHY AM I TELLING YOU THIS?  WELL ONE ITS MY PASSION TO LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THIS STUFF, AND TWO, HYBRID HAS A BRAND NEW CLASS COMING THAT IS PURELY SHORT DURATION HIGH INTENSITY EXERCISE.

STAY TUNED FOR THE RELEASE OF THE NEW CLASS.............GYM JAM 30!!!! COMING SOON.