Georgetown Personal Trainer Reveals The #1 Fitness Myth
If you have been running all over beautiful Georgetown and are not noticing any weight loss you may be interested in knowing what the latest studies are suggesting. If for an entire year a man, at his target heart rate, were to exercise 6 days out of 7 for 1 hour each session he would lose in that year a mere 6 and 1 half pounds.
In essence, to lose 20 pounds at most, you would need to exercise approximately 20 hours a week!
If you have heard that with aerobic exercise you can effectively burn fat, then you are privy to the biggest myth in fitness and personal training today. Fitness experts or high priced personal trainers often will present you with a couple of reasons aerobics should be part of your fat-losing regimen:
Myth #1: Aerobic exercise burns more calories. While aerobic exercise does burn calories, it does not burn them efficiently. For example, if you exercise aerobically for 45 minutes on an elliptical machine, you'll burn roughly 500 calories.
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.
Spending that amount of time for such low results and meeting with a personal trainer everyday just is not feasible in the fast paced lifestyle here in Georgetown. All you need is a good detailed plan of resistance training and interval training made just for you and you will be well on your way to experiencing some amazing results.
Myth#2: The fat burning zone is reached through aerobics exercise. Although you burn a larger percentage of calories during an aerobic exercise from fat, you should know that it is actually a larger percent of a smaller number. Therefore, it is actually less fat burnt. We burn 80 to 90% of the calories throughout the day, and it has repeatedly been shown that with resistance training increases the percentage of calories burnt during the day.
You cardiovascular fitness will get more results from interval training for 15 minutes than you would from jogging around Georgetown for 45 minutes! Therefore, if a personal trainer approaches you and touts the benefits of jogging or cardio for 45 minutes a day, you should run as far away from him as possible!
For a terrific exercise, no personal trainer or equipment needed, that can be done right here in Georgetown read on:
#1. Start at the Exorcist steps. You know, the ones on M st. in the Exxon gas station parking lot.
#2. Begin by walking up and then back down the stairs once. Than jog up them but walk down them a second time, that is your warm up.
#3. After your warm up, do the following for 15 minutes or 12 rounds whichever comes first. Run up the stairs, walk down them, rest for one minute.
You've just gotten better results in less time with a great view of Georgetown.