Apr 3, 2013 | Uncategorized |
There isn’t a whole lot?more that I wanted’to say about low-intensity exercise other than for some indivuals, particularly those very sensitive to stress, may fare better keeping intensity level very low. But I did want to get a few words in about lactic acid and growth hormone, as there is?a huge blind?infatuation?with growth hormone these days. Growth hormone is far from being...
Mar 25, 2013 | Uncategorized |
The whole world is drowning in the incredible, magnificent, growth-hormone spiking, heart-rate variability improving, lung-expanding, fat-burning benefits of high-intensity exercise. I define high-intensity exercise as basically the type of exercise that you can’t do for more than a minute or two at a time before either a) dying or b) slowing down and catching your breath. The superiority...
Jan 28, 2013 | Uncategorized |
I don’t have much time to post today, but I received an email from a girl just the other day, and she mentioned jumping back into Crossfit after resting and refeeding for about a month. Not good. She experienced major insomnia as so often happens when doing really grueling exercise, which seemed to only worsen as she continued. Research and ideas I came across touting the benefits of high...
Jan 25, 2011 | Uncategorized |
In Diet RecoveryI recently added some new content about the importance of stressing exercise intensity more than duration for achieving metabolic adaptations that help with achieving a better ratio of body fat to lean body mass. Strictly from a body composition point of view that’s neato and all, but there’s strong evidence that doing short bursts of hard exercise has very unique,...
Aug 30, 2010 | Uncategorized |
In the last post we discussed the ?not so fast? exercise. Not so fast as in endurance exercise and not so fast as in be careful about believing that endurance exercise will enhance metabolism, help you lose weight, improve your health, improve your insulin sensitivity, and so on. For the vast majority of people, it won’t ? particularly if taken to extremes of intensity and duration ? like...
