Posts Tagged ‘health’

Always Fit with H.I.I.T.

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Jacksonville are you looking to get Fit?

Your answer is with HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training). The HIIT principle is the best way to burn fat without doing long “steady-state” cardio. HIIT is a very effective training technique used to decrease body fat, increase speed, increase VO2 Max, and do all this in less than 35 minutes. The days of doing “steady-state” cardio to get more fit, burn fat and lose weight, are over. Adding in just 20-30 minutes of High Intensity Interval Training allows your body to stay out of the “steady-state” allowing you to burn more total calories in less time. This high intensity training raises your heart rate faster and raises your metabolism longer after your workout is done, then any “steady-state” cardio you are doing now.

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The secret to losing weight

Saturday, July 11th, 2009

As a personal trainer, I am constantly being asked, “What’s the ’secret’ to weight loss?” I always tell them there is no “secret,” of course, but that losing weight is easier than they think: Just cut off an arm or a leg.

They may think I’m trying to be funny, but it’s the truth. People say they want to lose weight, but what they really mean is they want to lose fat.

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