Anaerobic Exercise, EPOC, and Fat Loss

[KoolDrew]

An interesting article discussing aerobic vs anaerobic metabolism as well as some practical recommendations.

http://www.ampedtraining.com/f...xercise-epoc-fat-loss/

He did a follow-up article as well:
http://www.ampedtraining.com/f...mpo-training-fat-loss/

 

[zebano]

Interesting but I like Lyle McDonald's writing better.

http://www.bodyrecomposition.c...l-training-part-1.html


I personally don't do any intervals because I play basketball 3x/week and that's plenty of intervals already.

 

[brikis98]

Pretty interesting article. I am of the opinion, however, that the vast majority of people would significantly benefit from upping the intensity of their workouts. The government & doctors love to recommend "light" exercise, and while that's certainly better than being sedentary, it will only lead to "light" adaptations. For the time invested, it's just not a great bang for the buck. Just how intense a particular person should exercise will vary greatly, and everyone should start light, but if your workout is not hard, it's probably not very effective.

 

[zebano]

Brikis98, Lyle agrees with you.

In Steady state vs. Interval Training: Explaining the Disconnect Part 2, I examined the potential of the hormonal response, blunted appetite (probably the real reason intervals show up as superior in studies with no diet control), and the simple fact that believing in intervals may get people training hard for a damn change. The simple fact is that, given that most people train like wimps, if you get them to work harder for a change, good things usually happen.

http://www.bodyrecomposition.c...ally-a-conclusion.html

 

[KoolDrew]

Originally posted by: zebano
Interesting but I like Lyle McDonald's writing better.

http://www.bodyrecomposition.c...l-training-part-1.html


I personally don't do any intervals because I play basketball 3x/week and that's plenty of intervals already.

I'm a big fan of Lyles writings as well, which is why I've posted a lot of his work here in the past, including the series he did on SS vs interval training.

There's few good writers in the fitness industry. Lyle, Matt, Alan Aragon (his monthly research review is incredible), Martin Berkhan, Kelly Baggett and a few others are a part of this very short list. Most others are usually hit or miss, and then there's people that just never get it right.

 

[KoolDrew]

Matt did a very good article on Body Part Splits as well...

Bodybuilders swear by them; strength coaches seem to hate them; and yet, for some reason, everybody still trains the body with the classic chest/back/shoulders/legs routines. So let?s have a look at that.

http://www.ampedtraining.com/a...rt-splits-making-work/