Exercise Equipment Review


Variable Cyclic Training


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Although the vast majority of people will think that cardiovascular exercise is the key to getting in shape and losing body fat, I'm about to show you why I disagree with it.

The vast majority of health professionals, including doctors and many fitness pros are going to tell somebody that is having a difficult time with their weight that low or moderate intensity cardiovascular training is the key to losing weight and preventing heart disease. Generally, the recommendations tend to go like this:

Make sure that you are doing 30 or 60 minutes of steady pace cardiovascular exercise, three to five times every week. Maintain a moderate heart rate level during this exercise.

The majority of people that hear this are going to think that it is exactly what needs to be followed, after all, these are the health professionals that were telling them this. There is additional scientific research, however, that really needs to be taken into consideration which shows you that this type of steady pace cardiovascular workout may not be the best for you.

The human body was created in such a way that it was to perform spurts of physical activity followed by a period of recovery time. It is this movement that is natural for your the human body, not steady-state movements. As a matter of fact, new research is showing that this may be the best thing to consider with your training.

This can also be seen in many times in things around us in nature. For example, animals also use a stop and go motion instead of one of steady rate movements. The only creatures and nature which tried to do this steady-state workout are humans. That being said, however, even humans use this short burst activity in many of the sports that they do.

Another way to examine the difference between short burst and steady-state aerobics is to look at the difference between a marathoner and a sprinter. Sprinters generally have a physique that many of us are looking for which is rather muscular, powerful and lean. The majority of those that run in marathons on a regular basis tend to be emaciated and somewhat sickly looking.

Another thing that you would want to keep in mind is the physical benefits that come from doing these various types of exercise. For many years, scientists have known that if you do these long-term cardiovascular exercises, which may be up to 60 minutes per session, you will increase the production of free radicals in the body. It also can ruin joints rather quickly, as well as reduce the immune system which is something that all of us would like to avoid. Perhaps worse is the fact that it can use up your muscles and lead to chronic disease.

Highly Variable Cyclic Training

This short burst type of trading may have the opposite effect on the body of long-term aerobic exercises. For example, doing this type of training may actually produce additional antioxidants in the body and reduce the amount of inflammation. Along with that, it has the benefit of producing within us a healthy cardiovascular system and increasing our metabolism which can reduce our weight quickly. By training the heart at various heart rates, you also help but to prepare for real-life circumstances.

This type of highly variable cyclic training also gives the body the ability to prepare for various demands that it may be under in certain circumstances. This allows it to be stronger and less likely to have a problem whenever it is under stress. If you think about it this way, training your body in such a way that the heart rapidly increases and decreases prepares your body for the stresses that we tend to deal with on a daily basis. This stress can also increase our blood pressure and heart rate quickly. On the other hand, steady-state aerobic exercises which do promote endurance do not train the heart to make these changes regularly.

One of the main aspects about variable cyclic training that makes it a superior form of exercise is the recovery period that takes place between these bursts of activity. It is this recovery period that allows the body to have a healthy response to this type of exercise. Another benefit that can be seen from this type of training is the fact that many people tend to stick with it over long-term aerobic exercises, simply because it tends to be more interesting.

To bring it all together, there are a number of different benefits that can be seen by cyclic training over steady-state endurance training. These benefits will include such things as increased antioxidant production, better cardiovascular health, additional strengthening of the immune system, less risk for joint problems, additional muscle on the body, which is the opposite of what you will get during aerobic exercise. You also tend to increase your metabolism rapidly doing this type of exercise and give your heart the opportunity to prepare for everyday stresses.

Sports Workouts and Sprinting

There are a number of different ways that you can get the benefits from this stop and go type of physical training. A good example of this are many of the competitive sports that are available, aside from such sports as bicycling or marathon running. For example, racquetball, volleyball, basketball, football and hockey all naturally incorporate this type of exercise which can really help to train the heart more than just jogging or walking.

Swimming is also another type of variable intensity training that you certainly should look into. Doing your swimming routines in short bursts instead of doing them for long duration can help you to achieve these benefits easily. The same is also true for bicycling, which is why mountain biking is generally considered to be just as beneficial for exercise and steady pace bike riding.

If you really want to kick up your exercise a notch and to get the most benefit out of this type of exercise, wind sprints should be something that you try. This is a very intensive way to exercise, which is what makes it so effective. You would sprint at near 100 percent of your maximum ability for anywhere from 10 to 30 seconds and then rest for 60 seconds while walking in order to recover. Continue to cycle through this and although it can be rather challenging, it is extremely effective.

In addition to this, weight training is a natural way to incorporate short burst of exertion which is followed by recovery periods. High-intensity interval training, or HIIT is an excellent way for you to get this type of exercise into your daily regime. This can be done on any type of exercise equipment, such as the treadmill. Here is the basic way that it would be done.

Do a warm-up session for anywhere from three to four minutes in order to get your blood circulating.

Continue to cycle your way through this exercise for 20 minutes.

You should not overlook other ways of getting this variable intensity training into your exercise regime, such as using a jump rope or rowing machine. You can even run outdoors in order to achieve it.

If you can take only one thing away from this article, it's to understand the fact that if you want to achieve the most out of your exercise, you need to exercise it at variable intensity rates. This will assist you to achieve the most weight loss with the least amount of muscle loss.

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