Thursday, January 29, 2009

Quick Fat Loss and Conditioning Through Rowing Exercise

By Caleb Lee

If you aim to count the calories and lose fat in no time while improving your anaerobic, aerobics and whole staying power but then you're sick to the back teeth of running the whole time therefore you're going to have a thing about this article in relation to rowing.

Yesterday I did another one of my rowing workouts on the rowing machine at the gym and boy did it kick my ass " AGAIN! This article will teach you all about rowing for exercise, why you should do it, and the most effective way to do rowing exercises to burn fat fast

What Is Rowing All About?

Rowing is a physical exercise where you get on a machine with a handle affixed to a cable of some type and you put your feet in loops. You later row by pulling the cable backwards towards your chest as you shove with through your heels (resembling squat movement). The seat you sit on moves rearwards in that case you can push yourself away.

Why Should You Row?

When most people think of cardio training they only think of running. Running is enjoyable and that, but I get bored of it after a short while. I certainly cant stand long slow steady state cardio besides, and any time I run I do execute sprint interval training.

But rowing is a fantastic workout since it is more upper body dominant, and will give you a time out from conventional cardio workouts such as running, bicycling, and all that.

Its also one of the few cardio exercises that hits all the major muscle groups, including quads, biceps, triceps, lats, glutes and abdominal muscles.

Its awesome for your cardiovascular training, and you can perform interval training on it without difficulty for the reason that you can adjust both the resistance level of the row, and you can adjust your speed with no trouble (like on a bicycle).

How Should You Row For Maximum Fat Loss?

Here's the training I did yesterday and the one you have to give it a go if you're in good shape and want to nuke some body fat off swiftly. It only takes FIVE to SIX minutes, but I assure you you'll know you had an awesome workout!

Here's exactly how to perform it:

* Row at a steady pace for 1-2 minutes to warm up

* Work Interval: At the minute mark Row as hard and fast as you can for 20 seconds

* Rest Interval: Row at your warm up time for 10 seconds

* Repeat your work/rest interval 8 more times

* You're done!

Now's the time to be on your feet, tell your heart its NOT going to break through your chest and if push comes to shove, you may want to throw up. By round 6, 7 and 8 you're going to REALLY be short of breath and think you cant continue (this is if you're really rowing as powerful and promptly as you can during your work intervals)

But keep it up " you wont be going that fast in your last couple rounds but the important part is Intensity of effort meaning you are TRYING to row as fast and as hard as you can (even if you can only manage a medium speed).

Whats So Great About This Workout?

This is the well-known tabata procedure. Researchers discovered that people who took pleasure in the routine five days a week for six weeks developed their full aerobic capacity by 14% GOOD THING, they also increased anaerobic capacity by 28%.

Whats more, scientists noticed the people following the tabata protocol burned 9 TIMES MORE FAT than a group that exercised for an hour a day (doing steady-state aerobics). And your metabolism stays revved up and burns more fat for up to 48 hours after the Tabata protocol.

When Do You Have To Execute This Workout?

Check it out on your rest days. You can move between a cardio workout of sprints and a cardio workout this way with rowing to keep your body from adapting and for variety in your cardio routines. If you're keeping an eye on the DoubleYourGains 3-5 program you'll have 2-3 rest days each week. You could do this rowing routine on a single rest day and a different cardio routine on the other to keep it innovative or just do this routine on both days, its your pick.

You''ll get a better feel for how often you can do this routine and still recover once you've done it a few times. So get out there and try it today! - 15255

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