Monday, August 24, 2009

WTF!!!!

I get updates from various strength and conditioning sites on a regular basis. The other day I got one that had new "research" in the title.

Here is the gist of the "research"...

It showed that women who regularly did high intensity workouts (meaning
they were breathing hard) had significantly less belly
flab at the end of a four month period than women who always
exercised at an easier level.

This is true even though both groups burned the same number
of calories during the workout.
WHAT! You mean if people actually push themselves and train hard they will be in better shape than those that train with less effort???

In all seriousness... someone fucking paid for that research! That makes no sense at all. The bottom line is if you train with moderate intensity you get slower results over a longer period of time. You train with high intensity you get faster results in a shorter period of time.

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