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| TRAINING FOR ASTHETICS - THE FACTS |
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- Aesthetics are a major part of most people's motivation to exercise; we want to look and feel better.
- Whether articulated consciously or not, implicit in this is the desire to lower our body fat, and increase our lean tissue.
- Believing that 'harder is better', most people spend a disproportionate amount of their time burning carbohydrates and not fat.
- Given that our adaptive response to exercise means we get good at what we do, this leads to efficiency at utilizing carbohydrates as fuel, and not fat!
- So, through no fault of your own, the way in which you are training may not be effective in helping realise the goals that motivated you to train in the first place!
The information from a metabolic assessment provides a clear and easy to understand 'road-map' to ensure what you do makes sense in terms of why you do it. |
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| TRAINING FOR PERFORMANCE - THE FACTS |
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- Trying to do a job without the right tools is a frustrating and de-motivating task; it's inefficient and will not represent your best work or showcase your potential.
- Metabolic assessment identifies your: Base training zone, Aerobic fitness zone, Anaerobic zone, Lactate threshold & tolerance, Race pace, Lung capacity, Heart rate Max, VO2Max and total calorific requirement {incl. fat/Carbohydrate breakdown} for every heart rate you can work at.
- Without this information, what does your heart rate monitor tell you…? A number, nothing more.
- With this information your heart rate monitor becomes a compass and you become a pilot with a bright light, not an also-ran stumbling along in the dark!
For athletes it's all about optimising your return; you can dig a hole with a teaspoon, but it'll take a long time and it’s not much fun! |
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