Weight loss and fitness success were no concern of the hunters and gatherers in past ages.
They were too busy surviving.
The gatherer's walked, bent down, stooped and picked things up from the ground. They stretched to pull down fruit from trees and bushes. They may even had to climb a tree in order to reach the higher places.
Hunters walked, ran, spied until they saw the animal, then readied themselves for the kill. Once prepared, they exploded with massive amount of muscle to kill the prey and carry the heavy animal back to their families.
What does that tell you?
They worked hard or they worked long. They didn't do both at the same time.
Our bodies, muscle and other systems haven't changed that much since the cave days.
Our habits have changed. We spend hours sitting, instead of walking, bending climbing, sprinting and carrying heavy objects.
Obesity develops. Gyms develop. Yo-yo diets develop. We gain weight, lose weight. We get gym memberships and hate the workouts. We quit. We make promises. We try and try and try.
But you know what? The fitness industry has it all wrong.
How many of us could stay with the Gwyneth Paltrow or Madonna program, workout 3 hours a day, 6 days a week for those marvelous bodies? Of course, they are paying a lot of money to the same trainer, whose job it is to push, push, push them, or they would have stopped long ago.
But that method works for the time that they are training. In other words, calories are burnt only while working out, but don't continue burn after the workout.
How would you feel if I told you there is a way to workout that would enable you to burn calories for 10 days after the workout and have a permanent effect on success of your fitness regime and you'd lose weight?
Well there, is. It's been around for a long time, but almost no one at the gym uses it. Why? heaven only knows.
Why Less is More...
The system is based on the following facts.
1. Muscle is denser than fat.
2. Exercising the same body parts more than once every 10 days leads to over training and injury.
3. Muscles burn calories after the workout is over because they are heavier and take more calories just to carry them.
4. Training the way most people are taught results in staying in a catabolic state. (Read on for more on that).
Work Hard or Long, But Not Both
Your body was meant to work long or hard, just as in the cave days, but not both.
So instead of doing the same workout every day or 3 times a week for long periods of time, you need to work your muscles for short periods of time, but to the point of...
Positive, Momentary, Muscular Failure
So what does that mean? Positive, momentary muscular failure occurs when you can no longer do another similar move. Your muscles just refuse to do it.
You should do that within 7-10 reps. If you go longer your muscles will fail, but it will be due to build up of lactic acid, not PMMF.
Then, you do not exercise that part of the body for another 10 days.
Why 10 days Rest? Anabolic vs Catabolic States
When you exercise, your body goes into a catabolic state. That part of the body hurts. After about 4-5 days, most people start exercising again, but that just keeps you in a catabolic state.
You want to go into an anabolic state, which is where the muscle repairs itself and builds itself up stronger. That starts to occur only after you stop hurting or in about 4 or 5 days. You rest your body for another 5 days or so.
During the catabolic state, the muscle breaks down; during the anabolic state the muscles builds itself up stronger.
It's as though the body tells the muscle, "Wow, you really hurt. Don't like that. I'm going to build you up so that never happens again." So it spends the next several days building itself back up.
The exercise works the muscles; it's the rest that builds the muscles. Anything else is keeping you in a catabolic state.
So, from now on, work hard, then take it easy.
They were too busy surviving.
The gatherer's walked, bent down, stooped and picked things up from the ground. They stretched to pull down fruit from trees and bushes. They may even had to climb a tree in order to reach the higher places.
Hunters walked, ran, spied until they saw the animal, then readied themselves for the kill. Once prepared, they exploded with massive amount of muscle to kill the prey and carry the heavy animal back to their families.
What does that tell you?
They worked hard or they worked long. They didn't do both at the same time.
Our bodies, muscle and other systems haven't changed that much since the cave days.
Our habits have changed. We spend hours sitting, instead of walking, bending climbing, sprinting and carrying heavy objects.
Obesity develops. Gyms develop. Yo-yo diets develop. We gain weight, lose weight. We get gym memberships and hate the workouts. We quit. We make promises. We try and try and try.
But you know what? The fitness industry has it all wrong.
How many of us could stay with the Gwyneth Paltrow or Madonna program, workout 3 hours a day, 6 days a week for those marvelous bodies? Of course, they are paying a lot of money to the same trainer, whose job it is to push, push, push them, or they would have stopped long ago.
But that method works for the time that they are training. In other words, calories are burnt only while working out, but don't continue burn after the workout.
How would you feel if I told you there is a way to workout that would enable you to burn calories for 10 days after the workout and have a permanent effect on success of your fitness regime and you'd lose weight?
Well there, is. It's been around for a long time, but almost no one at the gym uses it. Why? heaven only knows.
Why Less is More...
The system is based on the following facts.
1. Muscle is denser than fat.
2. Exercising the same body parts more than once every 10 days leads to over training and injury.
3. Muscles burn calories after the workout is over because they are heavier and take more calories just to carry them.
4. Training the way most people are taught results in staying in a catabolic state. (Read on for more on that).
Work Hard or Long, But Not Both
Your body was meant to work long or hard, just as in the cave days, but not both.
So instead of doing the same workout every day or 3 times a week for long periods of time, you need to work your muscles for short periods of time, but to the point of...
Positive, Momentary, Muscular Failure
So what does that mean? Positive, momentary muscular failure occurs when you can no longer do another similar move. Your muscles just refuse to do it.
You should do that within 7-10 reps. If you go longer your muscles will fail, but it will be due to build up of lactic acid, not PMMF.
Then, you do not exercise that part of the body for another 10 days.
Why 10 days Rest? Anabolic vs Catabolic States
When you exercise, your body goes into a catabolic state. That part of the body hurts. After about 4-5 days, most people start exercising again, but that just keeps you in a catabolic state.
You want to go into an anabolic state, which is where the muscle repairs itself and builds itself up stronger. That starts to occur only after you stop hurting or in about 4 or 5 days. You rest your body for another 5 days or so.
During the catabolic state, the muscle breaks down; during the anabolic state the muscles builds itself up stronger.
It's as though the body tells the muscle, "Wow, you really hurt. Don't like that. I'm going to build you up so that never happens again." So it spends the next several days building itself back up.
The exercise works the muscles; it's the rest that builds the muscles. Anything else is keeping you in a catabolic state.
So, from now on, work hard, then take it easy.
Gloria Reibin, Fitness Counselor, uses the 7 Minute Workout
System, which teaches you how to get in the best shape of your life
exercising only 7 minutes a day, 3 days a week. Visit her Blog Gloria's Web Blog
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