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Cutting-Edge Fat Loss Workouts Routines

November 5, 2010 Print This ArticleShare

Author: Michael Greeves


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There are six basic laws of fat loss workout routines. Most people neglect to follow all six in their attempts to lose fat. Combining all six of these laws results in a cutting-edge fat loss workout routine that will provide you with maximum fat loss. Remember that cutting-edge doesn’t have to follow a new trend. In this case, combining all these laws together in a logical way creates both a cutting edge fat loss workout as well as cutting-edge workout routine.

The first law follows that no person’s can be the same. We all have unique differences in our bodies that force small deviations from the norm. Remember that bigger muscles heal slower than small muscles. Women recover from workouts slower than men. Training must be specific to the goal you’re trying to achieve.

The second law focuses on overcompensation. Remember that muscles and skill performance will adapt as you put stress on your body.

The third law is known as the “overload principle.” In order for your body to achieve adequate success with overcompensation, so you can reach your fat loss and fitness goals, you must “overload” your body with stimulus. This means you have to constantly push your body to go further. You can’t be content to do the same routine daily and expect to see your body getting any better.

The fourth law refers to “specific adaption to imposed demands.” The body is geared to adapt in very specific ways. To become a better weight lifter, you must lift weights. To become a longer endurance runner, you must run long distances. Your body will adapt as you “force” it to work harder. Our bodies are pretty amazing creations.

The fifth law deals with the “general adaptation principle.” This principle was originally applied to psychological stress but it can also be applied to physical stress through three very distinct phases:

  1. The body will first combat the overloaded stress put on it.
  2. The body will try to resist the stress.
  3. The body will become exhausted if it doesn’t receive rest from the stress put on it from workout routines.

This means that you cannot train hard all the time. Pushing yourself consistently without rest is counterintuitive to fat loss.

The sixth law follows directly from the fifth one, in regards to what kind of intensity of workouts you should focus on. Remember that you cannot do high intensity work all the time or else your body will exhaust itself. You must do low intensity workouts in between your high intensity workouts to receive maximum fat benefits.



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