Certain fitness myths just won’t die. These lies are passed from one person to the next, a little piece of misinformation that sets you up for failure. Maybe you’ve heard one or two… There’s the one about sit-ups melting off belly fat. (Sorry, folks. Spot reduction is a myth. You’ve got to burn the fat from your body as a whole.) Then there’s the one that says that the faster you perform an exercise the better, even at the expense of form. (Ouch! This is an invitation for injury. Never, ever sacrifice form for speed.) I always tell our trainers, You have to earn speed. There’s even one about recovery days not being necessary. (It’s actually vitally import to your recovery and fat loss to take rest days.) But of all the fitness myths out there, the one that offends me the most is the idea that long, slow cardio sessions are the way to lose fat. We call this LSD (long slow distance). When has LSD ever been good for you? So many people waste their time and effort on this one. Do you? In reality, short, intense workouts that incorporate resistance training with challenging bouts of cardio will burn fat much quicker than a long, steady cardio session. Who doesn’t love to save time? If you are still plodding away on the treadmill 60 minutes at a time then you are spending more time to get half the results… if any! email at lightning@bodyplexpt today and I will schedule a time to meet with you one-on-one to strategize the quickest and most effective route to meeting your fitness goals. Let’s do this! To your health, Hammon Lightning
Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 18:54:26 +0000
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