So you dont get on the treadmill for a hour? Nope. You dont run 5 miles a day? Nope. You don't play a sport? No.
This is a huge post in my mind. If you are lucky enough to be reading my blog right now you are in for a surprise. I changed my workouts some what recently and what I got was even a surprise to me.
I have done it all...You know the truth if you know me or been reading for a long time. I found about a year ago the keys to my success as far as exercise and the results I want. I have spent countless hours doing research, reading books, articles and forums. Little did I know that while youtubing one evening I would find the most inspirational person to not only look up to as far as a bangin body but would be given all the information I needed from diet to step by step routines. I found. Zuzanna. Yes, the world is now starting to watch her and I am proud to say that I was one of the first! I started watching her videos at night before going to bed about 3 years ago. I watched her transform herself from a thin but still gorgeous women to a ripped absolutely perfect athlete. I could kick myself that I didn't ACTUALLY DO the workouts that I was watching back then. Honestly, I would watch the videos because I wanted to just SEE someone that was my own age looking fantastic. Some cut out pictures in magazine and post it on the fridge to stay inspired and motivated. I would watch a video and wish that I could look like that. Sore from pounding the weights in the gym or the hour and a half of crazy aerobic exercise or stair climber/treadmill combo. It took me to get a injury before giving it a shot. I could only work out for about 20 minutes without being in so much pain that I had to stop. I was forced to do her 10-20 minute bursting interval training body weight workouts. The verdict? Results that came so quick I couldn't believe my eyes. Within 3 months I was a new person. I had way more time to do what I wanted and I looked better than I did when I was 18. I am serious! I followed every day, changing with her and making her recipes. She said jump, I asked "How high?". I read every post, watched every video. I was(am) hooked. First I would like to explain through Zuzanna why 10-20 minute interval training workout using your own body weight and no equipment can burn fat am make you more fit than any hour and a half cardio session ever could. Ready for the answer? Here it is:
our body burns fat or carbs depending on the intensity of your activity. You burn fat even if your body is at rest. Actually you are burning fat right now as you are reading my post. If you are an average person sitting in front of your computer reading this, your body is burning about one or two calories per minute of which about 70 % comes from fat and about 30% comes from carbs.
When you exercise, as the intensity increases, your body starts using more and more carbohydrates for energy instead of fat. At the higher limits of aerobic exercise, 100 percent of the energy is coming from carbs. When carbs are no longer available, the body will break down your muscle and use it for energy. When carbohydrate stores are depleted, the rate at which fat is used as energy is reduced and that’s why carbs are essential in order to metabolize fat.
You lose fat only if you burn more calories than you eat on a daily basis, not because you burn fat (or something else) when you are exercising.
When you eat after your workout (including the workouts that burn more fat than carbohydrates), you will rapidly replenish both carbs and fats that you have used up during the workout. As soon as an excess of calories (from either fats or carbohydrates) exists, your body will begin to store them as fat. This means that your body’s fat stores will be virtually unchanged.
The key to fat loss is to boost your metabolism so that your body is continuously burning calories at a higher rate 24/7. People with muscle mass are automatically burning more calories and fat. Every 5 pounds of muscle that you build on your body will burn up to 15,000 extra calories a month which equals roughly 2 pounds of fat. Building this extra muscle will give you one hell of an advantage and it shows that muscles are the best engine for burning fat.
High Intensity Interval Strength Training using your own body weight is the most effective way to burn fat and build lean muscles. The workouts that I do will boost your metabolism for as long as 24 to 48 hours after the workout is over. The more intense your workouts are the more fat you will burn and the stronger and leaner you will become. My high intensity interval body weight workouts will also improve your cardiovascular strength and endurance, agility, balance, speed, and power.
The reason why I keep my workouts short is because you are suppose to be pushing at your maximum effort. It is simply not possible to sustain this kind of intensity over longer periods of time. Simply put, if you have anything left at the end of these workouts, then you didn’t train hard enough. It is really that simple. Everyone has their own level of what max effort means, but the one thing that we should all have in common at the end of these workouts is that we should be completely wiped out. You are the only one that controls the intensity of these workouts. Everything depends on your effort and how much you are prepared to push in these few minutes of training. If you decide to put comfort before intensity then you are trading away your results. This pretty much sums it up. Point blank! I now want to give you her site. I didn't want to tell you about her because I was afraid you would stop reading but I know that you wont!
http://www.bodyrock.tv/
My workouts, my nutrition, my inspiration. Thanks Zuzanna for making me train smarter AND harder than ever before. I will never go back! I really hope that you all are reading this post! What a great one, in my opinion. You will thank me later!
See you tomorrow! I have a wonderful review on Friday from CSNstores and I cant wait to tell you all about my new kicks!
Bye for now!
-Heather
