Maximizing Your Metabolic Fat Burning Potential

Today’s talking point is: Maximizing your metabolic fat burning potential

I have been motivating people in the fitness industry for nearly 30 years.

Over that span, I’ve noticed an interesting trend in the fitness industry: the more “extreme” or “intense” something is, the more attractive it seems to be.

“Aerobics” was big in the 80’s. It was about moving and having fun.

There was a sense of camaraderie and although the training could be intense, the goals were clearly to lose weight, in particular fat.

As the classes advanced each decade, there became an inverse relationship between the focus on results and the intensity of training.

Classes became more intense, less “fun” and people lost sight of why they were really exercising in the first place.

Today, although most people would state that their main fitness goals are still to lose fat or build muscle and strength, I believe that we have begun to value how “intense” or “extreme” a program is more than the results it can produce.

In addition to that, safety and injury prevention are rarely addressed and commonly sacrificed for intensity.

High Intensity Training is currently in vogue. Don’t get me wrong, it undoubtable produces fantastic results.

Unfortunately though, lots of people measure the effectiveness of this style in the form of either pain or fatigue.

Individuals are becoming aware of and experimenting with intense and extreme styles of training.

Whilst it’s good to push yourself, the last thing you want to do is injure yourself.

So here’s some guidelines to ensure your safety, and in turn, producing positive results:

Technique should not be sacrificed for intensity

No matter how hard you think you are working, there is no excuse to use terrible form. If your goal is to burn fat or build muscle, your number 1 priority is to use correct form

Fatigue or soreness should not be confused with being productive

Just because you can hardly walk at the end of your workout doesn’t mean you are doing the right thing. Concepts like “No Pain, No Gain” have been so ingrained into us that a common goal in training is complete exhaustion. Yes, training may produce soreness and fatigue, but that is not your goal.

Select appropriate exercises and correct weights

Adding too much weight or unrealistic exercises does not make you tougher, it makes you careless.

Too much weight can also make you slower and remove the whole purpose behind metabolic training, which is to use speed and power to create disturbance.

Make sure you select the correct exercises and weights. This will insure good, safe training.

Recovery should be the first thing built into any program

You do not get better during training, you get better when you are recovering from it.
During that recovery from metabolic training, muscles are built and fat is lost.

Recovery, therefore, is not doing nothing, it is doing the most important thing: making gains.

You must plan for the proper amount of recovery in between sets and circuits as well as in between training sessions.

If you would like my guidance to ensure you are taking the right action to help you reach your goals.nSimply click on the link where you’ll find out more about having the right plan in place and taking action on that plan.

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