The Cardio Training Myth

Good afternoon,

The Feast Day of Easter is over and the next stop is Memorial Day and Summer. As we've been talking about for over a month now, if you want to change your physical appearance for the better before the bathing suit goes on, then there are some changes that you can start making right now that will make all the difference.

Today I want to focus on one component that frustrated me for many years. I believed that if I just did 30-45 minutes of steady pace cardio (the eliptical for me) 3 to 5 times a week, that I would be getting my heart and body into great shape. Well, after many years I finally read enough and saw such limited results that I knew there had to be a better way.

I read books that talked about exercising for the activities we encounter in day to day living and that made sense to me. It isn't too often that I have to chase anyone at medium pace for 45 minutes like I was training to do on the eliptical. If you want to get some information on how to get off the "hampster on the wheel" that produces very little results Click Here!

When you think about the games we play like basketball, football, soccer, baseball, tennis, golf, etc. you'll see that these games require bursts of activity followed by recovery, then more bursts. Housework is much the same.

So, how do you change your routine for the better? You simply add highly varialbe cyclic training. That means periods of high exertion followed by recovery periods done through 4 or 5 repetition cycles. Think of it this way...Execise that trains your heart to rapidly increase and rapidly decrease will make your heart more capable of handling everyday stress.

Besides being more interesting than long steady rate cardio programs, it can be done in half the time.

In summary, some of the benefits of variable cyclic training compared to steady rate endurance training are as follows: improved cardiovascular health, increased anti-oxidant production, improved immune function, reduced risk of joint wear and tear, increased muscularity, increased residual metabolic rate following exercise, and an increased capacity for the heart to handle life's everyday stressors - all in half the time!!

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Have a terrific day and remember it's not too late to get in shape for summer.

Bill Ehmann
billehmann@boomer-solutions.com