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Body-for-Life Training
By: Brad Morgan
www.BodyForLifeCoach.com
The Body-for-LIFE program employs a very specific
variation of High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT), called the High Point
Technique (TM). HIIT has been the subject of studies showing that
fat loss is enhanced with HIIT training over low intensity steady state
training. Since Body-for-Life is a form of HIIT training, we can safely
infer that these benefits apply to the Body-for-Life style of exercise as well.
The main conclusion is that HIIT training raises
your metabolism to a high level, and keeps it there long after the workout is
over. This means you are still losing weight while you are driving home
from the gym, and long after. This is something not taken into account by
cardio machines that count the calories you are expending during your workouts.
In short, when it comes to weight loss, HIIT is a hit!
No wonder so many people have had such great success with the
Body-for-Life program.
Another side benefit of HIIT training is it doesn't take long to
complete your workout, giving you more time for other important
things in your life. The downside is you have to work really hard
while you are exercising!
In general HIIT training consists of a warm up phase which
progresses into a high intensity phase. The process is then repeated
several times in a workout. You repeatedly take yourself to a point
where you are breathing very hard, then take some time at a lower intensity to
recover before repeating the process.
A Body-for-Life cardio workout only takes 20 minutes, but with
these repeated cycles of high and low intensity intervals the workout is
actually very challenging. Or in the language of HIIT, it is very
"intense". In Body-for-Life jargon, the highest intensity phases are
referred to as "High Points".
It's not easy, but it can be great fun if you put your mind
to it, and you will realize the benefits already noted.
Body-for-Life upper and lower body workouts also follow the HIIT
pattern of high and low intensity intervals, once again providing all the
benefits of High Intensity Interval Training. The upper body workout only
takes 46 minutes, and the lower body workout only takes 42 minutes. Once
again these workouts are short but intense. As with the cardio workouts
the highest intensity phases of these workouts are referred to as "High Points"
in Body-for-Life lingo.
So don't kid yourself, Body-for-Life is a no-nonsense
and totally focused approach to training. You won't be one of the people
sitting around joking with your buddies at the gym for 20 minutes between sets.
I look at a High Point as both an accomplishment and a
sensational feeling in your body. There have been some famous
bodybuilders that liken the pump you get from intense weight training of this
nature to sex, only better.
So don't think that it is all pain. Once you get into it,
HIIT training in general, and Body-for-Life training in particular, can be one
of the most satisfying things you will ever do to improve your body.
About the Author:
Brad Morgan is the founder of the popular
Body-for-Life support site BFL Coach. The site
focuses on 8 critical Body-for-Life success areas and provides audio, articles,
photos, graphs, tracking and a totally free
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