from Women's Health March 2013 issue:
Ketchup or mustard? Flats or heels? The X Factor or The Voice? That eternal fitness face-off--cardio or strength training--is just as perplexing. Cardio is a known calorie crusher, but strength workouts build muscle and rev your metabolism. But you don't have to choose sides: A new regimen of experts have dubbed metabolic conditioning offers the best of both.
By combining short, high-intensity work periods, little to no rest between exercises, and big-body movements, metabolic conditioning challenges your strength, power, and cardiovascular endurance in one workout--maximizing calorie burn during and after a sweat session, says Frank Salzone, a group fitness instructor for Equinox in New York City. It also helps improve your muscles' ability to use energy during workouts, so you can push harder and get better results over time.
Sound too good to be true? It's no gimmick: A study in the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism found that women who completed a 10-move strength circuit recorded 13 percent higher oxygen consumption levels (or EPOC, which measures the energy used to return your body to a resting state) three hours after their workout than a control group. Plus, their resting metabolic rate (the amount of calories burned at rest) was still elevated 16 hours later.
Links to Check Out:
How Effective Is HIIT? Low Intensity Fact Or Fiction
Greater Muscle Mass = Higher Metabolism
Muscle Fiber Types
Energy Systems
ATP
Ketchup or mustard? Flats or heels? The X Factor or The Voice? That eternal fitness face-off--cardio or strength training--is just as perplexing. Cardio is a known calorie crusher, but strength workouts build muscle and rev your metabolism. But you don't have to choose sides: A new regimen of experts have dubbed metabolic conditioning offers the best of both.
By combining short, high-intensity work periods, little to no rest between exercises, and big-body movements, metabolic conditioning challenges your strength, power, and cardiovascular endurance in one workout--maximizing calorie burn during and after a sweat session, says Frank Salzone, a group fitness instructor for Equinox in New York City. It also helps improve your muscles' ability to use energy during workouts, so you can push harder and get better results over time.
Sound too good to be true? It's no gimmick: A study in the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism found that women who completed a 10-move strength circuit recorded 13 percent higher oxygen consumption levels (or EPOC, which measures the energy used to return your body to a resting state) three hours after their workout than a control group. Plus, their resting metabolic rate (the amount of calories burned at rest) was still elevated 16 hours later.
Links to Check Out:
How Effective Is HIIT? Low Intensity Fact Or Fiction
Greater Muscle Mass = Higher Metabolism
Muscle Fiber Types
Energy Systems
ATP
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