Remember how I talked about HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training)?
Look, most "HIIT" workouts isn't really "interval training" anyway.
Anyone on YouTube, Facebook, or even a bootcamp coach can make you sweat.
Heck, I can walk to the mailbox and back in the Georgia summer heat and sweat...
... but that doesn't mean I'm burning the most fat possible.
In fact, I've seen loopholes in many programs published on the web and magazines. I'll get to that soon. But first, check out this study...
Italian researchers compared what they called "High Intensity Interval Resistance Training" (HIRT) against traditional resistance training.
(Reference: J Transl Med.)
In the traditional resistance training group, subjects performed a 62 minute workout consisting of 4 sets to failure of 8 exercises.
(Well for one thing, who has over an hour to exercise? LOL)
The HIRT group performed a much shorter workout that consisted of a combination of resistance training and active
recovery sets.
Results showed that the traditional workout lasted must longer, yet recorded a 22-hour "afterburn" of only a 5% increase in metabolism.
In the HIRT group, the workout was much shorter, and total lifting volume was exactly half of the traditional workout (8,500 lbs VS 17,000 lbs TOTAL).
However, the increased intensity and combination of "active recovery" led to a much greater elevation in their 22-hour "afterburn"...
As in a 24% increase in metabolism!
The scientists concluded that HIRT training allowed subjects to do half the lifting volume in half the time but still increased afterburn by whopping 450% more than a traditional lifting
workout.
So if you're feeling "stuck" and want to get faster results, incorporate smart HIRT.
Look - when you use different rep schemes in each workout, you hit different muscle fibers. This causes more muscle damage, which burns MORE calories to recover
from.
That's a good thing!
Not only that - but have you seen the research that smart, HIRT can actually change the way your body metabolizes fat cells?
One subject lost 18lbs in 15 days doing
this.
Later tater,
Mikey