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Ever wonder why it is that you can get out and run and run and run in beautiful Georgetown and not seem to lose the weight? Well some of the latest research suggests that if a man works out at his target heart rate for a full one hour per day and he did this for a full six days every week for the period of one year, that man would lose six and one half pounds of body fat per year.
In essence, to lose 20 pounds at most, you would need to exercise approximately 20 hours a week!
The biggest myth in fitness and personal training is that aerobic exercise works for fat loss. Nothing could be further from the truth. So-called fitness experts (personal trainers) will give you two reasons why you should do aerobic exercise as part of your fat-loss program:
Myth#1: You can burn more calories with aerobic exercise. Although aerobics dose burn calories, it is not as efficient as people believe. For instance, to burn roughly 500 calories you would need to work out 45 minutes on an elliptical machine.
Compare to that if you will the 700 calories you would lose in the exact same amount of time with resistance training (weight lifting) and interval training (alternating high and low intensity exercise). That is 40% more calories lost with 30 minutes of weight lifting and 15 minutes of interval training. This also will leave your metabolism elevated for 24 to 36 hours afterward, which cannot be said with aerobics.
Given the fast pace of life in Georgetown, the later is much better alternative. Also, you don’t need a personal trainer to supervise all of your workouts. As long as they create a detailed plan for you, then you can get great results without having to see them every day.
Myth #2: Aerobic exercise will put you in your fat burning zone. Yes, you will burn a greater percentage of calories from fat during your aerobic workout, but keep in mind that this is a larger percentage of a smaller number so its less fat overall. Also, resistance training has been repeatedly shown to increase the percentage of calories that your body burns from fat during the rest of the day, which is when we burn 80 to 90% of our calories.
As a matter of fact, 45 minutes of jogging is less beneficial to your cardiovascular fitness than 15 minutes of interval training. The only running you should be doing in Georgetown is running in the opposite direction of the personal trainer that tells you to jog or do cardio for 45 minutes a day!
For a terrific exercise, no personal trainer or equipment needed, that can be done right here in Georgetown read on:
#1. Walk over to M street and locate the Exxon gas station, were going to start at the Exorcist steps.
#2. Warm-up: Walk up the stairs once, and walk down. Jog up once and walk down.
#3. Now that you are warmed up run to the very top of the stairs, walk down and rest for approximately one minute at the bottom. Repeat this for 15 minutes or 12 times whichever comes first.
With that view of Georgetown, you just got better results in less time!
About the Author:
Josef Brandenburg is a prize winning Georgetown personal fitness trainer. He is also author of The Body You Want, and has appeared in The Washington Post and Entrepreneur Magazine. To get a copy of his new CD Why Eat Less and Exercise More Is The Worst Advice Ever for FREE click here.
