What is the Best and Easiest Workout for the Very Busy Arlington, VA Residents?

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The ultimate questions for those who want to become slimmer in no time are: “What kind of diet will help me lose the fat?” and “Which workout will bust the fat fast?” Since the second question can’t be answered easily and it’s a very busy life for the Arlington, VA resident, the second question is more crucial. So let’s go ahead and talk about it.

Most Arlington, VA trainers suggest aero as the best workout. Is it really aero?

Aerobics, sadly, has become the gold standard for most fitness people who are encouraging others to lose weight. They have claimed that a fat burning zone (FBZ) exists when given a specific protocol for aero. They say that this FBZ is the ultimate weapon for busting calories… but is it?

USDA announced in 2005 that doing regular aerobic workout will help you lose weight. In 2007, a study concluded that this recommendation, together with the fat burning zone, is an ineffective means of getting a sexier physique. The male subjects who were asked to perform moderate to vigorous aerobics, over an hour a day for six days a week, lost a total of 6.5lbs after a year.

Aerobics is not the best thing for those who do cannot spare more than an hour a day, 6x/week, and only to lose a scanty amount of calories. This can be very frustrating. How could you devote so much of your time into something that can barely get you to your goals?

More studies to discredit aerobics

An Australian research took two groups of men in two different programs for 3 weeks:

First Group : 40 minutes of steady state aero
Second Group: 20 minutes of some other form of workout

The results of the study claimed that Group 1 gained an average of 1 lb while the latter group lost 5.5lbs of fat. 5.5lbs in 3 weeks!!! That’s almost the amount of weight loss for doing aero in a year (6.5lbs, remember?).

Now, what is that some other form of workout?… could it be the best thing to do for someone who’s caught up with the busy life in Arlington, VA.

The real secret: lift those dumbbells and engage in interval training.

That other form of workout done by the second group in an Australian study performed high intensity interval exercises. These are series of vigorous workouts interspersed by either short periods of low-intensity exercises or rests.

Resistance training is a good tandem for your interval workout because it allows you to work on your muscles. It aims to strengthen and increase muscle fiber diameter. A larger fiber diameter is a determinant for a higher resting metabolic rate.

A good Arlington, VA workout must have these two because: it takes half as much time than aero to get significant results from this (think of the study: 40 minutes of steady state aero vs. 20 minutes of that other form of workout!) AND it results to an “afterburn”. Workouts that actually work-out.

An after… what???!

Afterburn is a term for letting your body burn more calories even after exercising. High interval training combined with lifting weights can allow your body to have a 12, 24 or 36-hour metabolic boost. Pretty much like burning calories all day, minus the exercise!

Undoubtedly, these two are must-haves in every program. It takes a skilled Arlington, VA trainer to design a workout program for the busy you!

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Josef Brandenburg is co-owner of The Body You Want and also the author of 3 books including The Body You Want. He and his team offer excellent fat-loss workouts near Arlington at their private workout center close to Arlington, VA.