This is an absolute no-brainer question for you - Would you like to lose weight fast? Of course, the answer would be a vehement yes from most of you. With the Sunday Wedding fast approaching, you definitely wish to trim down to an extent that you could fit into a pair of new jeans that you have just bought.
Before you wish to think of loosing weight fast, it is important for you to know two things - 1) is it really critical for you to do this? And 2) what kind of health implications would this have on your body? Both these questions gain some importance, especially when you think of using colon cleansing solutions.
Colon Cleansing solutions are considered to be effective methods to get rid of that extra flab in your body. They work extremely well, and provided taken after consultation with your physician, they can only be helpful. But, colon cleansing solutions on the other hand are known to have some side effects. What are they? Let us learn about them.
"Colon Cleansing Solutions at times do not favor the normal working of the human body. Products that tout of cutting the extra flab within days are generically strong in their action. "In the long run, colons cleanse solutions promising quick weight loss should be avoided. Basically, you get into some kind of a bad habit if you use these solutions regularly.
So much for the side effects, but you would find these products being the best, if you wish to lose weight quick. The question you would need to ask yourself is - How quick is quick for you? If you wish to lose weight in 4-5 days, there are cleansing solutions available in the market for this need. On the other hand, if you wish to lose weight for a wedding tomorrow, you just do not have any alternative. Maybe you should go to the mall and buy an alternative pair of jeans!
Jokes apart, you would find that colon cleanse solutions work, especially to accommodate your need of quick weight loss. They do this in a way that is not visible to the naked eye. When you read about such solutions in days to come, you would find one thing - Most of them supplement the natural cleansing process of the body!
One thing people don't want to do, and one thing which surprises me to no extent is the fact that they are not willing to give it some time to work. It is a point taken that you have a wedding coming up this Sunday, and you wish to loose your weight fast. But that doesn't warrant you to get panicky on the effectiveness of the system you have chosen?
Of course, if you really wished to be trim all the times, you would have anyways chosen the right lifestyle habits. In spite of which, if you really wish to go for a cleansing system, do so but only after consultation with your physician!
Train smarter not harder to get your desired results. A smart man told me that a long time ago and running 10 miles a day when I was boxing seemed like a stupid thing to be doing. So I stopped and took the recommendation of my track coach and started hill training to get the results I was hoping for: Fat loss...it worked and I was hooked.
It was my intention to reap the same benefits but shorten my workouts. I tried experimenting with sprint work and interval training which worked wonders but a track coach at my school suggested I incorporate Hills into my workout. You're probably not familiar with Ridgefield, NJ or Ridgefield Memorial High School but it sits at the foot of a beautiful winding hill called "Major Stocum Drive". This hill would become my unrelenting nemesis for years to come. The more I trained on it the more it would mock me. I had been running everyday at least 10 miles a day on average and one set of "Interval Hills" kicked my ass. My legs felt like they were going to explode, my lungs where no longer inside my chest cavity (or so I thought) and I think my heart escaped while I was puking.
Although I did a bunch of strength related exercises at the gym such as squats, leg presses, leg extensions and curls I never felt the power that I was able to get from contracting my muscles against gravity in a sustained fashion. What seemed magical was with this Hill Training I was able to take some time off and still not lose my fitness gains and it helped to make my tendons and ligaments stronger as well. The side effect of this intense training was an extreme drop in body fat. With the increased workload in shorter spurts I was actually expended more calories than during my many hours of running. As I later found out my body had adapted to the sustained repetitive workload of the running and became efficient at using the energy required to propel me on my journey. Hill Training created "chaos" in my energy systems and the increased workload expended more calories. It was totally win-win.
Some workouts that I did to incorporate Hill Training into my program:
Interval Hills: It seems like simple physiology but really kicks your butt. Warm up for about six - eight minutes either on a bike or take a short jog before you hit the hills. Try a small degree incline at first and gradually make your way to a steeper one. Each hill climb interval should be minimum 45 seconds in length. Stop at 45 turn around and make your way back down the hill walking. Rest about 30 or so seconds and run that hill again. Repeat until you feel you can't continue...or you puke.
Treadmill Hills: In the unfortunate circumstance that you live in a place like Indiana where I think the only hills you will encounter are speed bumps than you may have to resort to using a treadmill. Warm-up for six to eight minutes. When you're sufficiently warmed up set the grade of incline at between 10 and 15 degrees. Run at 45 second bursts on the incline and lower for 90 seconds and increase the incline. Repeat until your body tells you to stop.
Downhill Training: Most individuals place emphasis on the uphill workouts for power and strength but Downhill Training helps to build stability at the knee and hip joints. Just the act of keeping your balance while running down a hill will place great demands on your legs. This also increases stress on your lower quads and calf muscles (specifically, the gastrocnemius).
You don't want to sprint down the hill but run with the natural pace of the hill. Your strides should always be smooth and not choppy (as if you were braking with your feet). Braking can cause impact injuries to your quads and knee joints. Walk up the hill for about 100 or so yards turn around and run down the hill. Walk back up and repeat this 5 times. Increase as you see fit. Downhill training should be done once a week.
Overloading your body with this type of exercise places great demands on your energy and fat stores which in turn burns more fat and calories. Add this training into your workout when you have the need to cut your body fat exponentially. Until next time, Attitude is everything.
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