Use Interval Training To Slow Aging

Interval training is an effective way to exercise at a high enough intensity to significantly increase oxygen demands and ultimately slow aging (Wright & Perricelli 2008). Interval training consists of short bursts of going all out followed by brief periods of active recovery. It allows you to exercise briefly at a high intensity in order to force the body to adapt in ways that slow aging. How can you safely interval train? Get suggestions below from author and consultant Amy Ashmore, PhD, who holds a doctorate in kinesiology from the University of Texas at Austin.

The best way to interval train is to keep it simple by changing one variable at a time; for example, increasing resistance on the elliptical trainer and maintaining speed, or increasing incline on the treadmill and maintaining speed. It makes no difference to the body which variable changes. All that matters is that the muscles work harder, oxygen demand increases, the heart rate goes up and thereby aging slows.

Fat Loss

Quite often the difference between incredible fat loss and no fat loss are the small things, small tweaks here and there make the biggest difference. Imagine being able to lose more fat by doing less exercise? A lot more fat and a lot less exercise. Interval training is the best method for losing fat. Its secret to success is not in how many calories you burn during the routines but rather on how many you burn after the exercise and where these calories come from.

Toning

Fitness Supercharge

The G.I.T. approach, combines muscle confusion, athletic drills and weight training techniques so that your workouts are results producing and never boring. Muscle confusion involves constantly changing your workouts intensity, forcing your muscles to constantly adapt to new challenges. This keeps your muscles toned, defined and strong while avoiding plateaus in your progress.

Interval training works both the aerobic and the anaerobic system.  The repetitive form of interval training leads to the adaptation response where the body begins to build new capillaries, and is better able to take in and deliver oxygen to the working muscles. Muscles develop a higher tolerance to the build-up of lactate, and the heart muscle is strengthened. These changes result in improved performance particularly within the cardiovascular system.

If your nutrition is not supporting your goals whether they be weight loss or good health, you wont achieve your results.  Interval training works in tandem with good nutrition to lose weight or gain muscle.  Good nutrition involves a low carbohydrate diet and meals times split into six times a day to increase your metabolism. It also involves providing the minerals, vitamins, energy and liquids required to power your body for maximum performance during your exercise.  

Although it was previously thought that not eating after interval training was beneficial, the correct thing to do is to eat just before and after you train, its actually been found that you actually exercise with more intensity when you have eaten.

As long as you balance your total eating out over the day you will lose weight.

If you are not sure of what you should be eating or if you are looking for a custom nutrition plan to really boost your interval training results, please contact us.