One of the great exercise debates going on in gyms and houses around the world is what works better, Anaerobic or Aerobic training.
To put it bluntly, I’m not a fan of aerobic training if you want to melt fat fast.
Aerobic training takes an age. Yes, it will burn fat tissue as calories expended but takes a lot of time to do so. I’ve seen people perform 1 hour walks on treadmills to lower their body fat.
Hit me in the face with a shovel right now.
Not only is it mind numbingly dull but how long do you think you can persevere with that type of activity as part of your training program.
Even when I was a student in Sheffield, I didn’t have time to spare on that level a few times a week.
These days everyone has less and less time to spare so it’s very hard to put in the time required to get any results this way. I just don’t know where the fulfillment is either.
I want activity to challenge me. It’s got to be beneficial as a first requirement but the luck of the draw is that the most beneficial type of exercise is also what fulfills me the most while performing and afterwards to keep me motivated and have a sense of achieving something after that feels good.
In cardio training sprints and intervals on the flat, hills, sand dunes and steps do it for me.
They’re short and challenging. You’re not going to be doing these for an hour.
Burn calories after exercise ceases and spped your metabolism up.
Help your aerobic traing as well where as aerobic training does not benefit your anaerobic ability.
Maintain muscle tissue, a vital component in burning fat tissue. Aerobic training does not help maintain muscle tissue, so reducing the natural ability your body has to burn fat.
Anaerobic also maintains and improves strength, speed and power, all of which are important in your functional performance and in sports.
Ignoring anaerobic type training in favour of aerobic will actually limit your ability to achieve a higher level of fitness so use different types of intensities and loading parameters to achieve that and make max use of your time.
Mike
Dream, Act and Succeed
