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Saturday, February 11, 2012
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Posted by
Aaron
If you’re anything like me… you HATE doing cardio! I can’t even stand the word, “cardio”. It conjures up childhood memories of watching my mom follow along with a Jane Fonda VHS while wearing tights and those knee-high bushy pink socks. — *shiver*Max Effort Cardio?
Discovering The Essence of Hard Core Fat Loss
But I DO like the idea of burning off thick layers of beer belly fat and nastiness, without my butt going numb on a bicycle seat or bouncing around on colorful plastic blocks. In fact, the only thing I really enjoy doing in the gym is lifting heavy barbells and throwing around odd objects. So, as a part of my Lean Hybrid Muscle experiment I decided to utilize what I call “Max Effort Cardio”.Discovering The Essence of Hard Core Fat Loss
Max Effort Cardio is where I illicit a cardiovascular response via mulitjoint barbell exercises or strongman training. So, instead of the typical max effort singles and triples, I use a slightly lighter weight and perform back to back sets of 5′s… and here is the secret to this whole concept, with very MINIMAL rest intervals.
I know, I know… you’re probably saying, “Elliott, that doesn’t make any sense! Everything that I have been taught about weight training says that I should rest 2-3 minutes between max effort attempts — you must be going mad!”
Yes, I HAVE gone mad a long time ago… but all respected scientists do so eventually
Just bare with me for a moment!
If you consider that my Max Effort Cardio system forces your muscles to adapt by increasing Mitochondrial Density, you already understand that this means an increase capacity for fat burning ALL DAY LONG. In fact, it has been noted that weight training in a similar fashion to what I have described also keeps your metabolism burning at an accelerated rate for several hours after completing your training session.
This is in stark contrast to the immediate drop in metabolic rate when engaged in low intensity cardio, such as jogging or pedaling on a stationary bike.
Below is a workout for you to try… but you have to make me a promise. After you try the workout post a comment on this blog post about how you felt and if you think that this type of training can help ANYONE get bigger muscles and burn fat at the same time!
Try this:
Set a barbell with either 95 lbs or 135 lbs (more if you are a monster)
Perform 5-10 sets of 5 Thrusters (see the video below) with less than 30 seconds between sets.
If this doesn’t get your heart beating faster than a jack-rabbit’s in heat, then you’re probably dead.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
If you haven't heard guys in the gym talking about G-Flux yet, I'm sure you will soon. What is G-Flux you ask? Although it sounds like it might be a hot new supplement, it's not. G-Flux is actually a training and eating regimen that helps the body to burn fat while retaining-and even gaining-lean muscle mass. More accurately, G-Flux is actually the relationship between energy intake and energy expenditure. The concept of G-Flux was developed by Dr. John Berardi, a renowned human performance and nutrition expert.
You should already know that to lose weight you need to burn more calories than you take in. In the process though, most guys wind up losing lean muscle mass too-not part of the plan. On the flip side, if you want to gain weight-and muscle-you need to take in more calories than you burn. The typical scenario here is that you also end up adding a few extra pounds of unwanted fat too. Ultimately, we end up living our lives on a perpetual "see-saw," switching from one to another, but never really being satisfied with the results. I have to admit it sucks, in the past I've felt either lean and weak or strong and fat.
That's where G-Flux comes in because it's all about balance between input and output-and keeping it that way. But that's not all-it also calls for you to increase your calorie intake a lot and to increase your activity level by the same degree. G-Flux presents a realistic strategy to do this without overtraining and without burning lean muscle mass. That's the problem with a traditional "calorie deficit" approach to losing fat-you also lose muscle mass along the way.
G-Flux takes a "burn the f at" approach, meaning that your body is burning calories from fat, not from muscle. How does it accomplish this? That's where the increased activity levels come in. And by increased activity levels, I don't mean doing a few extra minutes on the treadmill or a couple of extra miles on the exercise bike. Your approach to increasing your activity level has to be targeted, tough and purposeful, with specific goals in mind. G-Flux has unlocked the secret to achieving the body's ideal state of balance in terms of energy input and output.
If you think about it though, "unlocked," is not really the right word here-"rediscovered" would be more appropriate. Why? Because maximum, sustained effort and varied workouts is at the heart of the G-Flux concept. That should sound familiar-think of the warrior cultures and how they trained. It's the same concept and we already know from history that it works. You know that back then they weren't worried about sticking to a 2,000 calorie a-day diet-they ate what they needed to eat and it was naturally balanced out by the strenuous activities that they engaged in on a daily basis.
So you might think, "What's the difference if I'm eating 2,000 calories a day and burning 2,000 calories a day?" The answer is that there is a big difference. When you boost your caloric intake to say 3,000 a day-and simultaneously boost your caloric expenditure level to 3,000 calories a day, the body undergoes a metabolic shift. All of sudden-even though input and output are equal-you find that your body is burning more fat and gaining lean muscle mass, just like the ancient warriors.
Now, it's a bit more complicated than that. You can't just start stuffing your face with anything you want and jogging a couple of extra miles each day. The foods you eat have to be healthy-think lean proteins, complex carbs and healthy fats-and the activities that you're engaging in have to intense. Again, look back to the warrior cultures and learn from them. You want to be doing the sort of "max effort conditioning" that these guys were doing every day.
The goal is to boost your metabolism as high as possible while simultaneously limiting fat storage. When the body achieves that state of "G-Flux" it increases the mitochondrial density of the muscles-super hybrid muscle, increases the total metabolism and makes the body far more efficient at processing fat. The end result being that you too, can have a warrior physique, just like our ancestors.
Sounds good to me! Eat more, train harder, build hybrid muscle and burn fat faster. What do you think?
You should already know that to lose weight you need to burn more calories than you take in. In the process though, most guys wind up losing lean muscle mass too-not part of the plan. On the flip side, if you want to gain weight-and muscle-you need to take in more calories than you burn. The typical scenario here is that you also end up adding a few extra pounds of unwanted fat too. Ultimately, we end up living our lives on a perpetual "see-saw," switching from one to another, but never really being satisfied with the results. I have to admit it sucks, in the past I've felt either lean and weak or strong and fat.
That's where G-Flux comes in because it's all about balance between input and output-and keeping it that way. But that's not all-it also calls for you to increase your calorie intake a lot and to increase your activity level by the same degree. G-Flux presents a realistic strategy to do this without overtraining and without burning lean muscle mass. That's the problem with a traditional "calorie deficit" approach to losing fat-you also lose muscle mass along the way.
G-Flux takes a "burn the f at" approach, meaning that your body is burning calories from fat, not from muscle. How does it accomplish this? That's where the increased activity levels come in. And by increased activity levels, I don't mean doing a few extra minutes on the treadmill or a couple of extra miles on the exercise bike. Your approach to increasing your activity level has to be targeted, tough and purposeful, with specific goals in mind. G-Flux has unlocked the secret to achieving the body's ideal state of balance in terms of energy input and output.
If you think about it though, "unlocked," is not really the right word here-"rediscovered" would be more appropriate. Why? Because maximum, sustained effort and varied workouts is at the heart of the G-Flux concept. That should sound familiar-think of the warrior cultures and how they trained. It's the same concept and we already know from history that it works. You know that back then they weren't worried about sticking to a 2,000 calorie a-day diet-they ate what they needed to eat and it was naturally balanced out by the strenuous activities that they engaged in on a daily basis.
So you might think, "What's the difference if I'm eating 2,000 calories a day and burning 2,000 calories a day?" The answer is that there is a big difference. When you boost your caloric intake to say 3,000 a day-and simultaneously boost your caloric expenditure level to 3,000 calories a day, the body undergoes a metabolic shift. All of sudden-even though input and output are equal-you find that your body is burning more fat and gaining lean muscle mass, just like the ancient warriors.
Now, it's a bit more complicated than that. You can't just start stuffing your face with anything you want and jogging a couple of extra miles each day. The foods you eat have to be healthy-think lean proteins, complex carbs and healthy fats-and the activities that you're engaging in have to intense. Again, look back to the warrior cultures and learn from them. You want to be doing the sort of "max effort conditioning" that these guys were doing every day.
The goal is to boost your metabolism as high as possible while simultaneously limiting fat storage. When the body achieves that state of "G-Flux" it increases the mitochondrial density of the muscles-super hybrid muscle, increases the total metabolism and makes the body far more efficient at processing fat. The end result being that you too, can have a warrior physique, just like our ancestors.
Sounds good to me! Eat more, train harder, build hybrid muscle and burn fat faster. What do you think?
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