believed that the focus should be on what happens during an exercise session. But this new research has shown us that what happens after the session has ended has far more significance on “metabolic fitness”.
This new type of fitness produces the hormones necessary to instruct the cells to renew, rebuild, repair and rejuvenate body cells, tissues and systems. These hormones not only cause cell renewal but shift the metabolism into high gear to mobilize excess body fat stores. This is how they get the term “youth” hormones.
Not all exercise will give this effect though. Low intensity activity like walking or recreational activities like cycling or swimming do not work the muscles intensely enough to give this anti aging effect.
What is required is a proper exercise program that contains a large percentage of strength training exercise performed at the right level of intensity. Add in some interval training ? short bursts of high intensity activity once or twice per week and you can expect 3 times the results in half the time.
New research into the hormonal dynamics of exercise reveals that much of what we used to believe is wrong. In fact, the way you are currently exercising may be robbing you of up to 90% of meaningful results. Specifically, the general focus on burning calories is misguided, because calories burned during exercise is a relatively minor benefit. The major long term benefits of a properly designed exercise routine are metabolic and hormonal in nature.
Seek the help of a fitness professional to set up your program and teach you correct exercise technique and intensity. When you structure your workouts for optimal hormonal response, the difference in results will