High Intensity And Low Intensity Training - Does It Matter?

By C.d. Rich


There is really no legitimate reason that a fit person should do a low intensity workout regimen except if they just aren't really interested in attaining great results. If you would like to lose weight slowly then low intensity training, which are exercises wherein the heart rate is pushed to around 60 percent of its maximum, can help you achieve your objective.

This kind of workout would not do much when it comes to endurance and strength. It would not help in muscle mass building nor would it help increase the metabolism.

Workouts that push the heart rate to at least 75% of its maximum are known as high intensity workouts and are truly better when it comes to your overall health.

Your maximum heart rate could be determined by subtracting your present age from 220. So if a person is 30 years old, she or he will have a maximum heart rate of one hundred ninety beats per minute. The term "maximum heart rate" is something you must not be worried about. You aren't going to injure the heart if you go up to or over this heart rate.

Remember that the 220-age method is just an estimation and anyone could go above this number depending on her or his individual physiology. Since it's almost impossible to harm a healthy heart by working out, that is nothing to be worried about.

The best time for low intensity exercises is after or before high intensity workouts since they can help you warm up or cool down. If you are recovering from an illness or injury, just beginning to workout, fat and in poor shape or elderly, then low intensity exercises can be really effective.

Sadly, a good number of fit people who can be getting major results from high intensity exercises are stuck doing low intensity exercises because a personal trainer has recommended it. Personal protection and confusion are normally the reasons why a personal trainer will recommend low intensity workouts that are less helpful.

If a trainer chooses a safer route which could lead to least harm and recommends low intensity exercises so as to avoid lawsuits then this is referred to as personal protection. There are three reasons why trainers do this: they are not sure of their skills, they don't plan to be present during their client's exercise session or they are simply not fit trainers.




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