8 Week Cardio Interval Training Blast! Get Increased
Fat Loss AND Take Your Cardio Fitness To A Whole New Level
By Nick Nilsson
This detailed
cardio program will take you from an interval-
training beginner to interval-training pro in only 8 weeks!
This step-by-step progression guides you through the most
effective types of intervals to maximize your results.
Interval training is one of THE most effective ways to burn fat
while preserving muscle. When using cardio training for fat loss, I
recommend it almost exclusively in my programs! This nice thing is,
interval training is also one of THE most effective ways to improve
your overall cardiovascular capacity as well.
There is a LOT
of good information available on what intervals are and how to
perform them. But what often seems to be missing is a detailed plan
that helps you progress from Point A (just starting out with
interval training) to Point B (performing the more challenging
interval training techniques).
The trick is
knowing where to start and how to progress from there. You can't
just jump in and start sprinting up hills without knowing what
you're doing and building yourself up to it. That's a good way to
not only hurt yourself but exhaust yourself as well!
So in response
to this, I've designed an interval training progression plan that
gets you started with the more introductory-level types of interval
training then gradually moves you into the more intense and
challenging interval training techniques.
I'll lay out
how many intervals to do, which style of interval training to do and
how long to do it for. This progression plan will also give you good
variety in your cardio training, which I'm sure you know can get
VERY dull if you keep doing it the same way over and over.
You see, just
like with weight training, you need to constantly challenge and even
shock your body in order to continue making progress. Otherwise,
your body simply has no reason to adapt and get better. This plan
will do it for you!
The overall
goals with this cardio program are fat loss and improving
cardiovascular capacity. This type of training is NOT a plan I would
recommend if you're trying to build muscle. When training to build
muscle, you want to keep cardio training down to a lower maintenance
level (once or twice a week at most) and this is not a program that
does that.
The program is
based on doing cardio training 3 times per week and can be applied
to basically any method or apparatus of cardio training, be it
running, cycling, elliptical machine, stair machine, etc. Any cardio
based sports activity will work as well (e.g. swimming,
rollerblading).
Choose
whatever cardio activity works best for you, that you enjoy the most
or that you'd most like to improve your performance in, e.g. if
you're a runner, using running as the activity for your interval
training.
You can
certainly utilize different cardio activities as you go through the
program, e.g. use treadmill running one day then the elliptical
machine the next. The real key lies in the intensity with which you
do the activities!
Before you
start in on the program, I would encourage you to read through the
following two articles. They'll help you understand what interval
training is all about and introduce you to the different types of
interval training.
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What Do You Mean Low-Intensity Training Isn't The Best For Fat
Burning?
The
Insider Secrets of Interval Training - Learn How Now!
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Now it's time
to have a look at the program!
The following
link will take you to a page from the Trial Membership area of my
site "Powerful Training Secrets."
You DO NOT
have to sign up for anything to get the interval progression
program, but if you haven't yet signed up for your trial membership,
I'd definitely encourage you to do so!
I regularly
post exciting new training information in the Trial site...and I
post a whole lot more in the full membership site itself!
http://www.atozfitness.com/alc/goto/pts.html
When you get
to the page, scroll down towards the bottom. That's where you'll
find the full, step-by-step program for getting yourself from
interval training beginner to interval training pro in only 8 weeks!
The program
starts with a technique known as Aerobic Interval Training -
basically, a way to begin learning how to increase training
intensity without burning yourself out. Over the next two weeks,
your intensity will gradually be increased within the context of
Aerobic Intervals.
As you
continue through the program, you'll notice how the intervals are
continually getting just a bit more challenging - rest times are
changing as are work times.
By the time
you get to the final few weeks of the program, you'll be in great
shape and ready for anything!
If, at any
time in the program you feel you need to take a bit more time to
adapt to it, feel free to perform another week of the same type of
interval training you just did. This program isn't written in stone
and you DO need to listen to your body.
So check out
the program and if you have any questions about it as you're reading
or as you're doing it, please feel free to drop me an email at
betteru@fitstep.com !
Here's the
link to the interval training program page once again:
http://www.atozfitness.com/alc/goto/itp.html
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Nick Nilsson is Vice-President of the online personal training
company BetterU, Inc. He has a degree in Physical Education and
Psychology and has been inventing new training techniques for more
than 16 years. Nick is the author of a number of bodybuilding eBooks
including "Metabolic Surge - Rapid Fat Loss," “Muscle
Explosion,”"The Best Exercises You've Never Heard Of," "Gluteus to
the Maximus - Build a Bigger Butt NOW!" and "The Best Abdominal
Exercises You've Never Heard Of" all available by
here
He can be contacted at betteru@fitstep.com.
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