Do you want to know how to
triple the results you get from your fat burning workouts? In half the time? Or
less?
OK, I agree, that’s a silly
question. Of course you would!
So if you somehow manage to
finish this entire article, a near miracle in today’s world of information
overload, you’ll be able to do just that!
Now this may come as a shock,
but I have found that the number one form of exercise for fat loss is high
intensity resistance training.
Yeah, not what you’ll hear from
lots of fat loss and fitness “gurus” right? Well, I can tell you nothing
creates a faster resting metabolism or requires more stored energy (read this
as ‘fat’!) than building some good old quality lean muscle.
Man or woman. Young or old.
And just so you know I’m not some kook spewing a bunch of lies, you’ll be happy to learn that I personally used a certain form of metabolic resistance training to lose over 42 pounds of fat and have kept it off for the last 3 years.
Not enough? OK, well, I did
that without 1 minute of separate cardio…not one!
And my wife did the same, but
actually lost even more fat…nearly 60 pounds and she also dropped 8 dress sizes
in the span of about 6 months.
Alright, let’s get to it and
find out how you can dramatically improve your results with your resistance
training for fat loss.
Walk into any fitness center or
gym and you'll see at least half if not more of the exercisers performing their
resistance training workouts in a less than optimal way...and that's being
kind.
You see guys getting all macho,
swinging the weights around, and using gravity and momentum to help them move
the weight.
Let me put it bluntly.
Gravity and momentum ain’t
gonna help you build muscle…or burn more fat!
In fact, if you simply
concentrate on performing each and every repetition of an exercise properly,
you could literally triple its effectiveness! To better understand this, let's
examine our 3 different strength levels in any resistance exercise:
Your 1st Strength Level: Take
the dumbbell curl exercise for the biceps for example. In this movement, you
begin with the weight down at your sides. You proceed to smoothly and slowly
curl the dumbbells up to your shoulders. This movement trains what's known as
your positive strength level.
Your 2nd Strength Level: You
should then pause briefly and contract your biceps at the top of the movement.
This trains what's known as your static strength level.
Your 3rd Strength Level:
Finally, you would want to lower the dumbbells slowly back to the starting
position. This trains what's known as your negative strength level.
Now the problem is that most
people don't even bother with the static or negative strength levels at all!
They put all of the focus on the "lifting" or positive portion of the
movement, while not pausing or contracting sufficiently at the top, and not
taking nearly enough time on the negative portion.
HUGE mistake ;-(
In effect, these poor folks are
getting only one third of the fat blasting benefits that this exercise can give
them.
Actually, it's less than that
because the static and negative portions can actually create deeper inroads
into your existing strength levels. This is something you want, as it will lead
to greater progress faster assuming you give your body appropriate time to recover.
Why do we care so much about
strength?
Outside of the obvious reasons,
strength leads to muscle growth, which leads to a faster resting metabolism (as
we discussed earlier), which leads to faster fat loss and various other
improved health factors that could take up another couple of pages at least
;-).
So the question is, how slow
are we talking about here?
We’ve found best results taking
about 3-4 seconds on both the positive (lifting) portion and negative
(lowering) portion of the exercise. It is recommended that you hold for a count
of 1 during the contracted position.
In our Fat Burning Furnace
blueprint, I take these concepts to the next level. Here we are using
techniques to maximize your static and negative strength levels in order to push
the limits of your lean and healthy genetic potential to the max.
That's when the real fun
begins.
So make sure not to neglect the
static and negative strength levels when performing your next resistance
training workout. Don't waste the opportunity to triple your results!
My wife Kalen and I lost over
101 pounds by using these 3 tricks (along with a few other techniques), and
you'll also find it interesting that:
- We did it by enjoying delicious foods several times a day, every day, almost never hungry...
- We DID NOT do one minute of 'cardio', but still lowered our resting heart rate and re-captured that near boundless energy of our 20s...
- I also lost nearly 10 inches of stomach flab, and Kalen dropped 8 dress sizes, going from a 12 to a 4...
We put together a little
presentation where you're going to learn everything else you need to know
(including our inspiring before & after pics) here:
You also learn the 5 biggest
mistakes you've probably been making trying to fight the flab, among all the
tricky little details of our truly life-changing discovery...
You're going to be blown away
when you learn the REAL reason you're still flabby, out of shape, or just plain
fat...
Enjoy the presentation and
you'll thank us later ; (This article is created by Rob Poulos, Author of Fat Burning Furnace).
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