Remember how I
talked about HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) yesterday?
Most "HIIT" workouts aren'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.
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?
It's brand new (never released to the public) until now.
Later tater,
Mikey
