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Have you heard of metabolic training?

William here is going to chat with you for a few minute about what the result you can achieved if you simply make this tiny tweak in your exercise routine.

Metabolic Training – Stop Doing Ineffective Cardio

By William Coulter

Metabolic training has been making waves with fitness pros for a few years now and with good reason; it works. Yet it still hasn’t become mainstream. A quick look around a commercial gym will prove that most people are still slugging away on the cardio machines looking to lose weight. This article will hopefully encourage you to move away from the old style of training involving hours upon hours of cardio combined with starving yourself. Firstly we need to dispel the myth of cardio and starving yourself being optimal for fat loss.

Old Style Weight Loss

The old style of training still being overused today goes along the lines of; Performing steady state cardio either on the gym machines or by yourself; Eat lower calories so that you burn more than your eating to burn fat. In theory there isn’t anything wrong with this but it’s not optimal. It relies on the most basic form of weight loss: calories in versus calories out. Roughly 3500 calories represents a pound of fat. If your body burns 3500 calories with exercise and diet you will lose 1 pound of fat and vice versa with eating more.

Ineffective Weight Loss

The problem with this program is that it doesn’t work well in the real world. Many people do not have the will power, time and/or money to constantly eat lower calories, or exercise more to burn of those extra calories. It’s a constant struggle to lose weight. Also considering that if you starve yourself for too long your body goes into ‘starvation mode’ and slows your metabolism. Because your body is always thinking about your survival and thinks that a famine is on the way so slows down your bodily functions.

Ineffective Training

Traditional steady state cardiovascular training doesn’t cut it either. Firstly referring back to your body’s survival instincts; your body adapts to constant training in as little as six weeks. Therefore the body finds it easier to perform and burns less calories in the process. Also bear in mind that when performing steady state cardio you only burn (extra) calories during the exercise. After you’ve finished your metabolism returns to normal fairly quickly. Paying attention now?

Metabolic Training

Metabolic training is a modern form of training where by, you do not just worry about how many calories you burn during training. But how many calories you burn throughout the entire week, by ramping up your metabolism with training. Basically your training effect has your body burning more calories after you’ve finished working out and your sitting around doing nothing. In fact studies have shown that this type of training raises your metabolism for up to 38 hours after your workout.

The complete scientific reasoning behind this is beyond the scope of this article. But for reference this is down to many factors along the lines of Excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC) and the production of fat burning hormones like testosterone (even in females) and growth hormone.

Types Of Metabolic Training

There are many types of metabolic training and far to many to write about. However for the purposes of getting you started, I will try to explain a little. To be doing proper metabolic training you need to be thinking along the lines of resistance training. That doesn’t have to mean lifting massive weights. Body weight exercises, bands, medicine balls and traditional weights are different examples of what can be used. Although the resistance has to be challenging, lifting the lightest weights on the rack for the sake of using weights won’t work.

A good starting routine is to pair exercises together such as squat and bench press or dead-lift and lat pull downs. Perform one exercise (ie squat) then with no rest perform another (ie bench). Rest for a minute and repeat until you have performed all your sets before moving onto the next pair of exercises. Aim to work every body part either during the workout, or at least once throughout the week, if you are doing different body parts at different times of the week. You could finish of your workout with a timed body weight circuit performing say burpees, star jumps, bodyweight squats etc. Or some interval training of your preference.

While the metabolic training explanation wasn’t exhaustive, I hope you are beginning to see the benefits of metabolic training and how it can help you. This form of training can also be more enjoyable if your constantly mixing things up to stop your body adapting. It can be harder to perform especially if you’ve never tried it before. Therefore always consult with your doctor before attempting any new training regime. Give it a go and you could be surprised with the results.

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