Thursday, December 1, 2011

BUTST IT!!! What kind of workouts...?

Greetings to all you bust a lung busters out there!  


A future guest contacted me asking a question about building endurance so I will share some 'inside' information here.  Not only does working on endurance burn calories quickly it also makes one stronger.  This future guest was concerned about keeping up in classes and not fatiguing and while one may think the best type of workout would be to get onto a treadmill and walk/jog for an hour or more I'm here to tell you that this is false.  Yes, a day at the BLR is long but one needs endurance to last for quick bursts of exercise as opposed to being able to walk for hours.  Oh wait, here I go again with something else!  I know, you hike for 2 hours at the BLR and that's not quick bursts of energy but anaerobic training will help with the hikes.  What's anaerobic?  What's aerobic? 


Anaerobic- quick bursts of energy over a very short time (a football player running down the field and then the play is over short break and goes again) or quick bursts of energy over a longer period of time ( a basketball player running up and down the court- short break in between and goes again).


Aerobic- basically a long foot race- 1/2 to full marathon.


So how do you think you should train to build up endurance?  How about like this:
power walk / jog / run (whichever works for YOU) for a few minutes- walk for a few minutes REPEAT over a 45min. period.


All my rambling for that quick answer!?  I guess so!


Sincerely your trainer,
Tonia

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