Where the Extra Calories Go
Where the Extra Calories Go
Dear Friend,
Putting on extra phat stinks. And if you're not exercising with intensity, any excess calories you take in are being turned into some serious lardola.
How's that for a new word for the day? Don't think you'll find it in Webster's or any other standard dictionary.
But, you know what I'm talking about don't you? The blubber, the lard, the flab, the pork... many different names for the same thing. The extra poundage that you don't want to pack on to your frame.
So, what does the intensity of your exercise have to do with all this?
In one other word - everything.
Here's the scoop.
When you do high intensity exercise, the energy you expend is taken directly from your muscle. More specifically, this type of training gets its juice from the glycogen stored in your muscles.
When glycogen levels in your muscles are reduced, the sugary substance must be replaced. You body will actively seek out the calories you've taken in to restore the energy levels in your muscle tissue.
Low intensity does not deplete these stores. This type of exercise gets it's energy from different sources instead. So, when you're down doing a long, slow workout, your muscles still have their glycogen stores. Since they're still "full", the extra calories you take in are turned to (and stored as) p-h-a-t.
Bottom line is this. If you want to burn the calories you take in during exercise (and long after ward) then you must stress your energy systems in a certain way.
High intensity exercise will use up muscle glycogen FAST and force your body to store energy within your muscle - not turn it into the old flabola.
Run Fast Not Hard
Coach K
PS Said it many times before - and hundreds and hundreds of you out there have turned into believers... hill sprinting is the BEST way to boost the intensity of your workouts. Get started right now, right here http://www.makesyoufast.com/uphill_fitness_training.html
Copyright, Tim Kauppinen, 2007
**This daily email does not take the place of professional medical advice.
Always consult a doctor before starting or changing any fitness
program.**
Dear Friend,
Putting on extra phat stinks. And if you're not exercising with intensity, any excess calories you take in are being turned into some serious lardola.
How's that for a new word for the day? Don't think you'll find it in Webster's or any other standard dictionary.
But, you know what I'm talking about don't you? The blubber, the lard, the flab, the pork... many different names for the same thing. The extra poundage that you don't want to pack on to your frame.
So, what does the intensity of your exercise have to do with all this?
In one other word - everything.
Here's the scoop.
When you do high intensity exercise, the energy you expend is taken directly from your muscle. More specifically, this type of training gets its juice from the glycogen stored in your muscles.
When glycogen levels in your muscles are reduced, the sugary substance must be replaced. You body will actively seek out the calories you've taken in to restore the energy levels in your muscle tissue.
Low intensity does not deplete these stores. This type of exercise gets it's energy from different sources instead. So, when you're down doing a long, slow workout, your muscles still have their glycogen stores. Since they're still "full", the extra calories you take in are turned to (and stored as) p-h-a-t.
Bottom line is this. If you want to burn the calories you take in during exercise (and long after ward) then you must stress your energy systems in a certain way.
High intensity exercise will use up muscle glycogen FAST and force your body to store energy within your muscle - not turn it into the old flabola.
Run Fast Not Hard
Coach K
PS Said it many times before - and hundreds and hundreds of you out there have turned into believers... hill sprinting is the BEST way to boost the intensity of your workouts. Get started right now, right here http://www.makesyoufast.com/uphill_fitness_training.html
Copyright, Tim Kauppinen, 2007
**This daily email does not take the place of professional medical advice.
Always consult a doctor before starting or changing any fitness
program.**
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