Time to HIIT the Gym!

So, you have made sure you are well rested, made sure you have no preexisting injuries, your diet is squared away, and most importantly, you are HYDRATED, it is now time to hit the gym.

NOW the fad nowadays  seems to be that you need to cut your "calories" to about 1500 a day and spend about 5 hours a week on the elliptical, bike, or treadmill to lose weight. This is a stupid thing to do if you want to improve your fitness and actually feel GOOD while you lose weight. Will this method help you lose "weight?" Of course. Will you feel good, healthy, happy, satisfied, etc.? HELL NO!!

*The key to losing "fat," improving fitness, feeling good, is to force your metabolism to speed up.(I'm giving you pearls kid.)

Spending 45 minutes to an hour on a cardio machine like a treadmill will somewhat raise your metabolism but this is not a long term, effective workout. I tried this method and I was able to keep up with it for about 2 weeks before I threw my hands up and said SCREW IT! I was worn out. I had no energy for the rest of the things I had to accomplish during the day. I couldn't think straight. My hair looked thin and my skin even started to loosen up making me look sick.

If you don't believe me ask Ben Court, Editor of the "Men's Health WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE." He mentioned in this book that the time spent on a treadmill is "'almost' a waste of time."

Now that I have told what NOT to do, here is what I DO and is recommended by Stew Smith, retired Navy SEAL, personal trainer, and author of The Complete Guide to Navy SEAL Fitness, and Maximum Fitness; and Jeff Cavaliere, personal trainer, Physical Therapist, former Strength and Conditioning Coach of the New York Mets, founder of the Athlean-X Training System.

*In order to make your metabolism soar, build muscle, burn fat, lose weight, and improve your fitness you must lift FREE weights, followed by a short, high intensity cardio workout. I hate to sound like the meat head jock, but research shows that lifting free weights is THE BEST exercise to make your metabolism sky rocket because your body expends a lot of energy and utilizes all of its tiny muscles trying to "stabilize" that big clunky weight you are trying to lift.

Following up with a short high intensity cardio workout does wonders as well AND it saves time. There are literally thousands of high intensity cardio workouts out there, so I am just going to list what I do so you have a guidline of what this training day format should look like.

Weight Lifting Routine.
 Monday-Chest/Arms followed by 10 minutes Hill sprints.
Tuesday-Legs followed by jump rope routine
Wednesday-Swim--tread water 10 minutes
Thursday-Upper back/Shoulders followed by 2 mile run in under 13:00 minutes
Friday-Lower Back/legs followed by basketball w/ friends or swim (remember its important to give yourself some fun cardio workouts or else you'll wear yourself out and get pissed off and quit.)

--I will explain the workouts in more detail in my next post--

Enjoy