Maybe its time to add something new--Love my Zumba (and yoga, and boxing, and AntiGravity Fitness), and especially all of you I get to see because of it, but Ive been watching some of the HiiT videos and like (most of) what I see: From fitnessmagazine/workout/cardio/tips/cardio-tips/?page=1 The New Fat-Burning Zone One of the enduring myths about cardio is that its the best way to get lean, because at low to moderate intensities, your body prefers to use fat, as opposed to carbs, for fuel. But weight loss is a numbers game: the more calories you burn, the more you lose. HIIT seems to offer the best of both worlds. Even though it taps more carbs than fat for fuel, it smokes a ton of calories and still targets fat post-workout (afterburn) at least as well if not better than moderate-intensity exercise. A study in the International Journal of Obesity compared steady-state and high-intensity training in women during a 15-week period. Both groups burned a similar number of calories over the test period, but the HIIT exercisers -- whose workouts were half as long -- lost more weight, abdominal fat and total fat than the steady-state group, who actually gained ab fat. If youre trying to get lean, interval training adds another weapon to your arsenal, and if you can burn 200 calories in 20 minutes instead of 40 minutes and blast more fat, why wouldnt you? Get ready to see some new moves based on these @ Nicoles House of Zumba
Posted on: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 16:48:08 +0000
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