This explains why Ive always seen karate make people melt fat like butter...quicker than most other sports btw... Strength training isnt the only way to deploy muscle in the righteous war on fat. Your heart is also a muscle, and it may be the most potent weapon you have. Back in 1990, a team of researchers overfed a group of healthy, normal-weight young men and limited their physical activity during a 100-day period. The groups weight gain averaged nearly 18 pounds—about two-thirds of it fat and a third muscle. But there were huge disparities among the results. In a recent study published in the International Journal of Obesity, the researchers analyzed the same data and determined that prior to the overfeeding, those with the highest VO2 max (a measure of aerobic power and fitness) gained the least total weight and the least fat. The best and fastest way to improve your VO2 max is with short bursts of high-effort activity—such as sprints, calisthenics, and sled pushes. Thats exactly the strategy Gutin found to be the key to lean, healthy bodies among the young people in his study.
Posted on: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 04:45:18 +0000
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