Bursting the Bubble on Some Popular Cardio and Fat Loss Beliefs.

How Many Trainers Have You Told You to Get on That Treadmill and Burn Off the Pounds?

The calorie counter on your favorite piece of cardio equipment may make it seem like you have found the holy grail to fat loss but don't be fooled.

First of all the calorie counts are at best estimates and not very good ones at that.

Second, even if they were correct, the more miles you log the more efficient you become and the less fat you will actually burn.

This leaves you with the alternative of adding more and more volume to your training to try to achieve the same result.

This is a balancing act you will not be able to keep up and in the long run (no pun intended) will cost you more muscle than body fat.

For the most part leave the running, swimming, rowing, cycling to the runners, swimmers, rowers and cyclists. This is their chosen sport and they need practice just like any other sport.

If fat loss is your goal you are better served to eat optimally to burn fat for energy and incorporate exercise that promotes muscle maintenance or gain.

Feel free to drop a comment if you have any questions

Coach Weiss

High Intensity Interval Cardio - Fave Fat Loss Tool

Rowing with Greater Intensity = Fat Loss and Increased Cardio Capacity

Today's Wednesday work-out tip...

Increasing cardio capacity and fat loss are 2 requests I hear all the time. With high intensity interval cardio you kill 2 birds with one stone.

Beyond the combined benefits there are two other reasons I highly recommend this type of training:

1) High intensity intervals take far less time than steady state cardio.
2) If you are looking to increase cardio capacity and lose fat, this method flat out works.

There are many types of interval training to chose from but one of the best is the concept 2 rowing machine.

Proper form is critical for you to get the highest level of benefit from the exercise.

The primary driver on the rowing machine is your legs, NOT your arms.

When people limit the initial drive with the legs and primarily pull with the arms they not only reduce their overall distance per pull but also how much energy they expend... this defeats the whole point of interval cardio when fat loss is the goal.

If you focus on initiating the pull with a hard push from the legs and finish with a strong smooth pull from the arms you will involve as much muscle mass as possible and simultaneously burn maximum calories in minimum time.

Next time you're on the rowing machine try this method out then come back and leave a comment to tell me what you think...

See you in the trenches,

Kevin

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