rebelfit-rants

fatigue your muscles. yes, you get hot. yes, you get
sweaty. but that doesn't mean you're getting fitter or
leaner. it means your body temperature is elevated and
you are sweating to cool yourself down. the same effect
as sitting on a hot bus, on a hot summer's day.
but do you think of sweating on a bus as a workout
NO.
the truth
modern research suggests it isn't what happens DURING
the workout that matters...the duration... how hot you
get... the number of calories burned.
it is what happens AFTER the workout that matters.
...the adaptations stimulated by the workout.
a 60 minute bokwa class will burn a fair few calories of fat
during the workout, but will do f**k all to your body after
the workout. within 10 minutes of finishing your metabolic
rate (the rate at which you burn fat) is back down to
normal, and because you haven't fatigued your muscles
there is no reason for them to adapt... get leaner, stronger
and more toned.
a 10 minute rebelfit wod will burn very few calories during
the workout, but will stimulate massive adaptations after
the workout. your metabolic rate remains elevated for 12
to 24 hours after fatiguing your muscles. and that fatigue
is also the stimulus telling your body it needs to ADAPT...
get leaner, stronger and more toned. so that you survive
your next rebelfit wod.
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