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December 7th, 2010
(Alwyn Cosgrove:) Here’s a guest article from fat loss expert, Craig Ballantyne:
3 Problems with Fat Burning Workouts
While interval training is better than cardio, “generic” interval training is not as good as *they* make it out to be.
Seriously.
By *they*, I mean the brand new trainers and generic fitness magazines who don’t really know what they are talking about.
In fact, the advice they’ll give you can cause a LOT of problems with your interval training — including the BIG 3 I’m about to share with you…
After all, you’re probably already doing some form of interval training, but what kind of RESULTS are you getting?
Are you truly enjoying your workouts?
And when is the last time you did an interval training workout where you thought ‘wow, that was really fun’?”
Trust me, you CAN have fun, fast, proven, and powerful interval training workouts. I’ll show you how in a second, but first…
The 3 Problems With Interval Training
1) Intervals can stop working if you do the same workout over & over
Yes, you MUST switch up your interval training every 4-6 weeks.
If you continue to do the same interval workout, you’re results will slow down.
So if you’re doing intervals and you’re stuck at a fat loss plateau, then it is time for a new interval workout.
2) Intervals can be dangerous if you don’t know w hat you are doing
Jumping into an advanced interval program on the treadmill or with kettlebells is a bad idea. That’s why you need to start safely.
However, most people don’t realize that even beginners can do interval training if they get a professionally designed program.
Fortunately, there are beginner interval workouts in the new 31 Interval Training Workouts manual and holiday home fat burning workout package.
3) You don’t know what else to do for intervals
Okay, great, now you know that you need to do a different interval program every 4 weeks, but what are you to do?
Well, the great news is that there are dozens and dozens of ways to do intervals. You can do the 30-60 method, Adrenaline intervals, Tabatas, and even aerobic intervals (perfect for runners who want fat loss).
(PLUS, you’re about to discover the power of bodyweight cardio circuit training. A strange name, for sure, but a powerful way to burn fat at home WITHOUT equipment.)
There is absolutely no reason you should ever be bored of interval training or wondering what type of intervals you should do next.
BUT WAIT…One more problem: You don’t have any fancy equipment
Most people think you need a treadmill or bike to do interval workouts, but that can’t be further from the truth.
In the 31 Interval Training Workouts manual, you’ll discover how to do intervals with kettlebells, hill sprints, and even bodyweight exercises (including a NEW bodyweight cardio 5×5 circuit).
In fact, I’ve spent the entire spring of 2010 in my Turbulence Training lab creating the Ultimate Interval Training Guide, featuring over 31 different interval workouts and replacements…
…including NO-equipment bodyweight cardio circuits, kettlebell intervals and “ladders”, hill sprint workouts, and much, much more.
And then I followed that up with more time in the lab to create the “TT Bodyweight Cardio” program, without using any equipment!
I then combined those two programs along with an extra special workout for you to create the COMPLETE Holiday Fat Burning Workout package.
=> Holiday Fat Burning Workout
(But hurry, this offer is only available until Thursday.)
With these workouts you’ll have the exact prescription for fast fat loss from intervals. No more of that generic “get on the treadmill and then go fast and then go slow” advice you get from uneducated members at the gym or at work.
This is the real deal.
You’ll soon be boosting your metabolism with proven, powerful interval training workouts from one of the first trainers to introduce fat loss intervals to the world.
I’ve been using and preaching intervals and bodyweight exercises for over 13 years now, and having trained thousand of clients – in person and online – I know exactly what works.
Fixing intervals to help you lose fat fast,
Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
Men’s Health Contributer
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Here’s a fairly descent link on “Interval Training” for those interested… interval training has been proven to be more beneficial as a cardio stimulus than the typical boring, “Long Slow Cardio” seen in most Gyms. Most interval workouts can be done in 10-20 minutes. Also check out the new book Cardio Strength Training by Robert Dos Remedios!
http://www.intervaltraining.net/
Long slow distance. Sounds like a torture method. “You been sentenced to one year of long slow distance”. Long slow distance is often abbreviated LSD. Hmm? Acid, a hallucinogenic, makes you see things and damages your DNA if my memory serves me. Great analogy?
Those who know me or who have been reading these pieces regularly know that I despise aerobic training and long slow distance. I have said it is bad for women and also truly believe that it is bad for almost all athletes except those who race for long periods of time or over long distances. The subliminal reality is that my hate mail from female runners has tailed off and it’s time to again fill the in-box with venom from the endurance crowd.
We have already established that most running injuries are of the overuse nature. Very little trauma occurs in the endurance world save the infrequent untimely meeting of runner and motorized vehicle. If overuse is the problem, then less is the answer.
Luckily, Canadian researcher and sport scientist Martin Gibala has come to the rescue. Gibala, an Associate Professor of Kinesiology at McMaster University in Canada published a study in the September issue of the Journal of Physiology comparing interval training and steady state training or long slow distance. The study, although conducted over only a two week period, looked at a twenty minute interval program versus steady state work ranging from ninety to one hundred and twenty minutes. The interval work consisted of thirty second sprints followed by four minutes of slow pedaling. This would amount to two to two and half minutes of high intensity work during a twenty minute session as compared to 90-120 minutes in the “heartrate zone” for the distance group. Gee, which would I want if both were equal?
The conclusion was that both methods showed roughly the same improvement in the chosen marker of oxygen utilization. Yes, the same. Do the math. Each group worked out three times a week. The interval group exercised for a total elapsed time of one hour per week with six to seven and a half minutes of intense exercise contained in that hour. The steady state group exercised for between four and a half and six hours a week yet the aerobic benefits were the same?
Seems to me if time is an issue in your life interval training is your fitness answer. Obviously, the study only looked at aerobic capacity and not caloric expenditure or weight loss but, it’s another huge boost for those us who believe in the superiority of interval training. The reality is that athletes have known this for years. Unfortunately, the fitness and medical community continues to beat the long slow distance drum. The question in my mind is not whether or not you should be interval training but, why aren’t you. A brief warning. Intense intervals aren’t for beginners. You must be healthy and have a few weeks of the dreaded LSD in your system before attempting intervals.
References
Training and Conditioning Magazine- Bulletin Board Dec 2006 Vol XVI, #9 Journal of Physiology, “Short Term Sprint Interval Versus Traditional Endurance Training: Similar Initial Adaptations in Human Skeletal Muscle and Exercise Performance Sept 2006, Vol 575 Issue 3
To view full text go to jp.physoc.org/cgi/content/full/575/3/901
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