Gonna Make You Sweat
I’ve talked a few times about doing HIIT, High Intensity Interval Training, while doing cardio. I absolutely believe that having intense bursts of highly concentrated effort makes the most impact on your health, and this is also part of the Seven Minute Muscle routine which I am totally following.
As a matter of fact I was talking with my youngest daughter about this last week. She’s nineteen and is concerned about fat. Concerned is a mild way of saying obsessed. Like so many young ladies out there she has been overwhelmed by the parade of ridiculously skinny models and actresses that a constantly in our faces in various media forms. The difference between my daughter and I is that I see them as unhealthy and unattractive while she sees their physique as some sort of goal that she knows she will never attain.
That has to be a bit disheartening for her, but realistically speaking a girl who’s 5’ 3” and is built like a normal woman is not going to ever have that super skinny 5’ 10” supermodel appearance. (I say thank goodness.)
But she can be super fit. Anyone (almost anyone) can be. So I was talking to her about the intensity level of her workouts, and the thing is she can’t really get a fast paced cardio because sports bras can’t meet the challenge. So she needs to get intense other ways – like increasing her incline on a treadmill, or packing a lot of resistance training into a seven to ten minute workout (via 7 Minute Muscle or something similar)
And the creator of the 7 minute thing recommended another fitness guru to me. I’m not going to disclose any names or information on this until I see results, but I have added a ten minute highly intense workout to my day. A fun part of it is that my daughter has made the commitment to join me in the workout. It is supposed to accelerate fat loss, and I have to say that after ten minutes I am dripping with sweat and breathing like I just ran a fast paced mile. Intense, yes, results? Well, we’ll see. It will be interesting to see how I compare to Stephanie. If a 47 year old man and a 19 year old girl both get good results, then I’ll know this “new guy” is on to something, and I’ll share more.
Until then, think about how you attack your workout. Do you spend lots of time at the gym, but most of it is wandering around? Or do you get in, get it done, and get out? Results are all about your intensity level. Until next time, take care.
