My favorite way to do Interval Training
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It is really easy to get down on yourself when you are carrying a lot of extra weight and you know you need to lose it. It is easy to feel overwhelmed with what you have let yourself become.
I know what that is like because I was 50 pounds over my healthy weight for many years. I wanted to be slim and healthy but because I had packed on so many pounds the huge change I needed to make made it feel almost impossible. My self esteem was in the pits. I felt awful about my body and I tried to cover it up with loose-fitting clothes and extra large coats even during warm weather which was so uncomfortable.
If you are like I used to be and you want to lose weight, you want FAST results so that you can actually see that your effort and sacrifice are paying off….otherwise it is easy to give up and go back to the old unhealthy ways. When I was beginning my weight loss effort which eventually led to losing over 50 pounds, I wanted results relatively soon so that I would have the incentive to stay on my healthy track.
When you have a lot of weight to lose it can seem like you are going to have to diet forever to ever get to your goal – so seeing results on the scale and in the mirror can be very motivating to stick with your program.
Back when I lost my 50+ pounds I followed what was generally taught when it came to losing weight. Eat healthier foods and exercise. The healthy eating advice was good however the “expert” exercise advice I followed was to exercise for at least 60 minutes a day in a “fat burning” zone. I followed that advice for years and I would even change my schedule and get up as early as 4 AM to make sure I got my “fat burning” workout hour in for the day.
Well it turns out the “exercise gurus” that say to work out for a long time each day in a “fat burning” zone might not be giving you the best advice.
Clinical research is now showing that the INTENSITY of your exercise is more important than the DURATION if you want to lose weight quickly and keep it off. Many clinical studies have proven you really can get better results with shorter workouts that are more intense if you do them correctly.
I am now working with a strategy of interval training using Turbulence Training by Craig Ballantyne. This system is amazingly simple to follow and the extra time I now have (due to decreasing my workout time each day) gives me time to share time with my family and friends or just having some fun.
I am sharing my progress here at my site.
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