Physical Health Guide

Over the past year, I have observed hundreds of people in the gym that have been told to strictly perform 30-60 minutes of cardio, between 3-5 times per week, and they look exactly the same as they first started. If I just described the results of your exercise program, then read on because you are finally going to understand why you might never achieve the results you are hoping for.

Here is the scenario that is playing out in gyms across the country right now. The fitness trainers put their clients through 6-7 hours of aerobic training every week for several months at a time. Towards the end of that cycle, the clients become frustrated because their physique never really changes. So the reaction of the brilliant trainers is simply to encourage them to stick with the program, or even worse…increase the hours of cardio.

So how do you overcome this problem? Do you really need to add more cardio? Absolutely not! Adding extra aerobic activity to your gym routine will solve the lack of results issue. Surprisingly, performing 6-7 hours of of cardio will not help boost your metabolism. As a matter of fact, it most likely will slow down your metabolism!

1. Interval TrainingThe Zumba routine goes without stopping through the whole workout. This is called the “Interval Training”. With each dance or type of music used the pace will change, but you won’t have to change the tempo of the dance when you go from one motion to the next. Everyone just flows through the interval with everyone else. It’s so easy to follow the routine that someone new to the dance or workout will have no problem. Even the elderly along with the newbie’s can move as much as there body will allow, especially with the Zumba Gold. This routine is at an easy gate and is more comfortable to follow, even though the same music and routine are used. This gives slower people and those new to the steps more time to learn the dance.

2. More CitiesAlthough California, Texas and New York are the states where Zumba is the most popular, it has spread to the rest of the United States as well as around the world. You can see a rise in popularity in countries such as Japan, Mexico and Europe, making this a truly international experience. Everyone reports that the moves are so easy to do and easy to follow allowing them to enjoy the fun of dancing as well as enjoying the music. When it’s used as a workout in a group setting everyone can watch those around them and have fun with them instead of worrying if they are doing the right steps.

What eventually happens is quite astonishing. As you engage in increasingly more aerobic activity, your body begins tapping into your muscles for energy. Your body will literally break down muscle tissue in order to meet those energy demands. That muscle tissue gets converted to glucose for supporting all that aerobic activity. So what this means is that you are creating a less efficient fat-burning machine; your metabolism is actually getting weaker.

Remember the following principle the next time you lace up your running shoes… steady-state cardio training does not build muscle – and doing too much quite possibly can actually make you lose muscle.

So if steady-state cardio training does not achieve optimum weight loss then what is the solution? The solution is called Interval Training. Interval Training, or commonly referred to as Anaerobic training, consists of moderate to high intensity cardio activity.

Interval training is a superior strategy for boosting your metabolism versus any form of steady-state aerobic training. Actually, all those steady-state exercise programs do not really increase your metabolism at all. Although, it is true that calories are being burnt during aerobic activity, but once the session is over, your metabolism settles back down to normal. Interval training, however, burns more calories per minute and elevates your metabolism for hours after you’ve finished exercising. Combining the proper amount of resistance training with an intense set of interval training exercises keeps your metabolism active for at least 24 hours – and in some cases it is not uncommon to last nearly 40 hours. See the advantage? Imagine burning fat all day and all night rather than during a workout session.

Too many people have been trained to focus on just that one hour of exercise when they should be focused on the big picture. It is not that one hour of cardio that is most important, rather it is the 23 hours remaining in the day.

So what types of interval training should you do? Whatever sounds like fun! Try any form of locomotion such as jogging, running, sprinting. How about bike-related exercises like spinning, or mountain biking. Some other great exercises include: rowing, stair climbing, etc

Resource Author Francisco Rodriguez Higueras
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