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movements when you engage in this form of exercise. You may burn a
few hundred calories this way, but when the exercise stops, so does the
calorie burning.
Are Those Aerobic Workouts Keeping You Fat?
That post-workout protein shake with the added banana for taste that
you indulge for ten minutes while you are catching your breath can easily
replace every calorie you put out during the previous two hours of huffing
and puffing.
Moreover, if you regularly exercise this way your body will acclimate itself
to the process and ensure that your muscles are adequately stocked with
glucogen so that your body will not be required to tap into your reserves
of body fat despite the fact that you stick to your workout schedule
almost religiously.
I have had personal clients come to me and vent their frustrations,
exasperated that their body weight has barely budged despite almost a
decades worth of stationary cycling or treadmill use. None of this
surprises me, of course, because although I fell into the same trap in my
youth while attempting desperately to get my body fat percentage down
to single digits in preparation for bodybuilding contests, I learned a long
time ago that true metabolic exercising - the kind that raises the
metabolism and forces your body to burn fat all day long - requires an
entirely different approach to putting your body through its paces.
Add Muscle To Build The Metabolic Furnace
Instead of low-impact aerobic activity, the path to an increased metabolic
rate involves strength training. In other words, the kind of activity that
builds lean muscle. I know what you are probably thinking. Why would
you want to add muscle to your frame when you are already carrying
around extra pounds?