How to Perform Super-Slow Weight Lifting by Dr. Doug McGuff Essentially, by aggressively working your muscle to fatigue, you’re stimulating the muscular adaptation that will improve the metabolic capability of the muscle and cause it to grow. McGuff recommends using four or five basic compound [...]
Dr. Arthur Siegel, the director of internal medicine at Harvard’s McLean Hospital has some really good insight on long distance running. His more than two dozen studies on runners were published in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation. When it comes to running long distances, Dr. Siegel was right on the mark when he said, [...]
The Times cites a study that looked at 47 people doing either traditional endurance exercise (long distance running) or brief, intense sprints. Those working out with a focus on intensity spent 85% less time exerting themselves, and still had significantly lower blood pressure, better aerobic fitness, and lower body [...]
How Long Should You Work Out? One thing for sure, you should never work out more than ninety minutes. You don’t need more than that. If you are training hard and focusing, your body becomes less anabolic; that is, [...]
Here is a great test for what kind of shape your heart and lungs are in: When you are doing some High Intensity Interval Training (such as sprints on a treadmill) check your heart rate. After your last sprint, start walking slowly and check your heart rate. Make sure you wait 10 seconds as [...]
Your Heart Your heart is one of the most important organs in your body. Your heart is your life. How does aerobic fitness relate to it? The heart becomes strong through use, like any other muscle. If placed under stress via aerobic exercise, it responds by enlarging and becoming more powerful. As a result, your [...]
Here is a good video showing and explaining HIIT : Hight Intensity Interval Training He is a bit hard to understand so listen carefully. Just watch the explanation. Skip the vitamin BS at the end of the video.
OUR COMMENTS: This is a very good explanation of HIIT. It’s so simple and so much less time than the boring medium paced 45 minute treadmill walk that has been proven to actually not even be beneficial and might even have negative effects on your heart and lungs. 10 to 16 minutes tops and you’re [...]
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