Understanding HIIT. When it comes to exercise, can less actually be …

January 21, 2014
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by Aaron Hewitt PA-C, Physician Assistant OrthoCarolina’s Sports Medicine CenterYou’ve likely heard of high-intensity interval training (HIIT), a type of workout that isn’t totally new, but is increasingly popular and can be confusing because there are so many types.Usually short in duration, the HIIT intervals incorporate intense periods of work followed by low-intensity segments or rest, increasing both your aerobic and anaerobic capacity. Whether it’s CrossFit, P90X, Insanity, Tabata training, Jillian Michael’s 30 Day Shred or any other variation, these workouts can seem intimidating or downright scary if you’ve never tried one. Can I physically do the exercises and keep up with everyone?

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4 Minute Fat Burning Tabata Workout – Skinny Ms.

December 20, 2013
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4 Minute Fat Burning Tabata Workout – Burn Fat up to 24 Hoursby Skinny Ms.It’s time to kick your fat blasters up a notch! What’s better than pure cardio that burns fat? Add a little weight to that cardio and burn even more fat! Something as light as two water bottles or two-pound weights can help give you that extra burn you’ve been looking for.  Tabata Interval Training is a workout that you do for only a few minutes, but burns fat up to 24 hours after your workout! In this slightly advanced tabata workout we are going to incorporate light weight and the high intensity of interval training to help you boost your metabolism and burn fat in record time!Ready to TRANSFORM YOU BODY? Check out Total Body Transformation Program for all fitness levels.What you need: water for hydration, a yoga mat or soft surface, some sort of light weight such as 3 pound weights or water bottles, and an interval timer

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Thank You From A Medical Provider – Robb Wolf

November 18, 2013
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Thank You From A Medical Provider Monday, November 18th, 2013 hello!This is a long winded thank you…I have to say I love listening to your podcasts, and thoroughly enjoythe candid banter!  I am a Physician Assistant/medical provider forthe Department of Defense, and let me tell you, I am dealing with allof the issues you discuss on your program on a daily, nearly hourlybasis.  I have been a paleo proponent for years, and was firstintroduced to the Zone about 15 years ago. I have been doing my ownexperiments with my “N of 1? on my diabetic patients and others withthe zone for a LONG time, and felt then like I was a pioneer and a lonewolf in the quest for eating to promote wellness and healing insteadof medicating lifestyle and pandering to modern medicine!

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Intermittent Fasting – Is it Good To Starve Yourself?

November 4, 2013
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For thousands of years various cultures have practiced fasting for religious or health reasons.  Over the past decade or so, fasting has been gaining popularity again in the medical and fitness community.   Intermittent fasting is not dieting; it is a life style and lots of people are using it to lose weight.  Weight loss is not the only potential benefit of intermittent fasting, increase in growth hormone, reduction in blood sugar levels and better heart health are amongst some of the other health benefits.Download Free Report on Intermittent FastingIntermittent fasting – how does it work?Intermittent fasting as the name suggests is skipping meals or avoiding food intake for a certain amount of time during a 24 hour period.  This fasting and eating schedule is followed at set intervals during the week.  There are many different intermittent fasting methods, and most people personalize their own approach, incorporating certain aspects from each method.  There is no right or wrong way, it is about adapting an approach that fits your lifestyle and one that you can stick with.Two common intermittent fasting methods:1.  Limiting your food-intake to a particular window of time:With this method, eating is restricted to a specific window of time.

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Intermittent Fasting Shows Promise for Treating Diabetes and Heart …

May 20, 2013
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Right up there with the very well-marketed Paleo diet, intermittent fasting (IF) has achieved popular attention in the past year for its potential role in achieving rapid weight loss. But now there is mounting evidence that this approach to eating may have specific benefits for those with diabetes and cardiovascular disease.By Jean Fortunet (Own work) [CC-BY-1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/1.0)], via Wikimedia CommonsIntermittent fasting can be implemented in various ways. Common approaches are Alternating days spent eating normally with days when calorie consumption is restricted; Taking two days each week and making them ‘fasting days;’ My favorite, proposed by Tieraona Low Dog MD (https://www NULL.facebook NULL.com/pages/Tieraona-Low-Dog-MD/462951583749633): ‘If there isn’t healthy food available, I just don’t eat.’ A mounting body of evidence in animal models and humans points to specific effectiveness of intermittent fasting for weight loss and treatment of diabetes and cardiovascular disease, most recently in a review article in the British Journal of Diabetes and Vascular Disease.  Link to original article here (http://dvd NULL.sagepub NULL.com/content/13/2/68 NULL.full).Compared to more invasive conventional medical methods of treating overweight and its complications, intermittent fasting looks downright reasonable.

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Nutrition Twins: Your recipe for a Shorter Workout with A Side of …

April 16, 2013
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Story HighlightsHigh-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) involves high-intensity sprints followed by low-intensity exercise or rest. Studies have shown that HIIT burns more fat than traditional cardiovascular exercise where the same pace is maintained for an extended period of time. HIIT training has also been shown to burn more belly fat and subcutaneous fat than traditional workouts. If you have limited time to workout, doing HIIT can be a good way to ensure you still get the same benefits from exercises done in a short period of time.

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Spring workout fever: Tabata training | A Healthier Michigan

March 27, 2013
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With the looming winter weather and seemingly continuous snow until the end of March, the feeling of winter burnout has hit full force. Winter burnout often coincides with another type of burnout this time of year as well—workout burnout.How can you get through your workout burnout?  Try Tabata training.  Switching up your workout, by adding or changing intervals, not only keeps exercise mentally stimulating, but also keeps you in better shape as your body will not become immune to the exercises, causing a plateau in your weight loss.In general, interval workouts improve cardiovascular fitness.

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Metabolic Resistance Training | FitnesSay

February 21, 2013
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Metabolic Resistance TrainingIf you’ve been reading forums and internet websites about training lately, maybe you’ve seen some workouts plans marked as “MRT (paired sets)…” or something similar. And, unless you’re an ultra fitness geek, you probably have no idea what MRT is. Today, I’d like to help you geek out and tell you all about it.MRT is an acronym for Metabolic Resistance Training. It’s a type of strength training (weight lifting) that runs you through a cycle of exercises in quick succession, leaving your whole body exhausted and your metabolism on fire.There are three basic concepts to MTR to follow:1. Do a series of strength moves that alternate between non-competing muscle groups so that you can move from one exercise to the next with minimal rest

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Jazzed Up Jacks and Jumps Tabata Workout – Skinny Ms.

December 26, 2012
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Jazzed Up Jacks and Jumps Tabata WorkoutJazzed Up Jacks and Jumps Tabata WorkoutJazz up your cardio routine with our Jacks and Jumps Tabata workout! Complete each exercise as fast as you can for 20 seconds each with 10 seconds in between each exercise for a total of 8 exercises/1 tabata. Change it up and complete each exercise 8 times for a 32 minute tabata workout! Who said Jumping Jacks can’t be fun AND give you a phenomenal workout?What you’ll need: Jump Rope, Gymboss or similar interval timer, water.Jumping JacksSquat JacksSquat ThrustJump RopeSquat JumpsJump Side to SideBurpeesHigh KneesParticipants of this workout should speak with their doctors about their individual needs before starting any exercise program.

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HIIT Your Legs Workout – Skinny Ms.

November 13, 2012
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HIIT Your Legs WorkoutHIIT Your Legs WorkoutKeep your muscles guessing with this HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) workout focused on your legs. Throw this 5 minute workout into your normal cardio or weight training regimen and let the change begin! You will need the GYMBOSS or another interval timer and yourself.Workout:5 moves/20 seconds each/3 rounds1. 4 Squat Flip2. Reverse Lung with a Front Kick3.

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