Two of the biggest fitness Trends in 2015 from a survey from the US where trends begin? HIIT and Bodyweight Training Another type of popular exercise for 2015 is high intensity interval training, also known as HIIT. It involves short bursts of intense activity, followed by brief periods of rest. You can burn more fat and build more muscle in the half hour or less it takes to perform a typical HIIT routine than you can in an hour or more of conventional aerobic or resistance training, multiple studies have shown. Japanese researcher Izumi Tabata demonstrated that in his Tabata routine, 20 seconds of all-out cycling, followed by 10 seconds of slow peddling, repeated for four minutes increased VO2 max (maximal aerobic capacity) as much as did 45 minutes of long, slow cardio. You’re burning fat long after you’ve left the gym, because HIIT raises your metabolic rate and keeps it high for many hours. A Tabata routine burns fat almost exclusively, not both fat and muscle, as conventional cardio exercises tend to do. A typical Tabata routine consists of a 5-minute warm-up, a 4-minute all-out cycle, 2 minutes of rest, followed by another 4-minute cycle with a different exercise, and a 5-minute cool down. Another popular HIIT workout is Crossfit. “Tabata goes kind of inline with interval training, where you are getting your heart rate up very high, let it come down and bring it back up again,” Mr. Page said. “Your calorie-burning at any one given time is increased.” Mr. Page said there have been studies that show the benefits of interval training on heart strength. “If you put a weight in your hand and you curl your arm, you strengthen your bicep,” he said. “With your heart, you can’t do that. You have to increase resistance somehow and that’s usually where they interval part comes in.” This is where METAFIT comes in, Its High Intensity Tabata style Body weight Training so its a win win because you get two trends and the extremely effective Tabata style timing. Find a Metafit coach today and transform yourself physically
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:00:22 +0000
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