You know that it is important to exercise, right? If you are like most Americans you know you should work out more to get in better shape. However, the facts show that only 20.7% of people exercise as they should.
One third of the America’s youth is unfit for military service and 68.5% of adults are overweight or obese, according to the CDC.
Why Everyone Should Try to Improve Their Fitness Results
Losing weight is one of the primary reasons people exercise and for an excellent reason… because it works! The catch is that you do it correctly and you have a plan for success that will keep you on track.
A recent Stanford study showed that a group given an educational eight-week weight management course before a 20-week weight-loss program was able to maintain weight loss better than a group thrust into the 20-week program immediately. The type of exercise also mattered significantly when it came to getting the best fitness results.
In another study, there was a significant loss of body fat in a group that exercised at a high intensity of 80-90% of MHR (maximum heart rate). No significant change in body fat was found in the lower intensity group, which exercised at 60-70% of MHR. No significant difference in workload existed between groups.
The Mental Benefits of Exercise
Other than looking better, feeling better, functioning better and maximizing your health there are other benefits to exercise most people do no know; that is the mental affects. Anti-depression drugs are among the most commonly prescribed medications in the United States.
Researchers found that walking for 30 minutes each day improved a patient’s symptoms faster than an antidepressant drug. A 2012 study found that 4 months of high-intensity interval training significantly improved cognitive function such as the ability to think, recall and make quick decisions. The reason is because the right type of exercise increases cognitive function as well as maximizes your hormone production, especially growth hormone.
Benefits of increasing HGH production are:
- Increased energy and endurance
- Reduced fat accumulation and increased lean muscle mass
- Increased bone density
- Lower blood pressure
- Improved sleep patterns and moods
How to Maximize Your Fitness Results with Metabolic Conditioning
What type of exercise will allow you to receive these amazing benefits? The answer is metabolic conditioning! Metabolic conditioning exercises elicit a particular hormonal and energy production response designed to improve the capability of the body to efficiently and effectively deliver energy for activity.
It is characterized by short surges of high-intensity, short-duration exercise. Exercising at 80% to 90% of your maximal heart rate. The best part is that it takes only minutes of exercise per day to get healthy and to get into amazing shape. New Life Chiropractic Rocklin uses and recommends the MaxT3 exercise program.
The MaxT3 program addresses your body’s multitude of energy systems. To keep it simple, the speed at which you move determines what energy system you are focused on and which muscle fibers you are activating. The MaxT3 system influences oxygen and muscle in a very specific manner to get the greatest results in the shortest amount of time.
Furthermore, MaxT3 is a functional fitness program which means that it incorporates multi-joint, compound, whole body movements that are found in everyday activities. This is a get fit for life program.
In addition, MaxT3 incorporates all the essential characteristics of fitness including:
- Power
- Strength
- Endurance
- Balance
- Coordination
- Flexibility
- Speed
- Agility.
Using Max Living as a catalyst for change, and programs such as MaxT3, you can achieve the results you dream of and get back to living the life that you want to live. We are here to support you, offer you resources, and keep you accountable in your journey to better health.
As a treating chiropractor for the Sports Performance Council with Max Living we work with the USA Weight Lifting, Wrestling, Martial Arts and Judo teams applying this very type of exercise. So you are getting Olympic level training and care in our office for you and your family.
Do you want to learn how to do metabolic conditioning in your own home? Get your copy of MaxT3 today and get on your way to maximized fitness with only 12 minutes of exercise per day.
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