How Do You Know If You Are Working Out Hard Enough?
By admin on Aug 21, 2010 in Health and Fitness
In my last post I spoke about how by turning up the intensity on your workouts you will maximize your fat burning potential. Now, I’d like to share with you some insight on whether or not you’re actually achieving that goal.
In order to figure out whether or not you’re working out hard enough is to check yourself at certain points throughout your training session.
For example, if you’re 10 minutes into your workout and you’re sitting down, your heart rate hasn’t yet been elevated significantly, you’re stopping to chat with friends, or you’re looking around for what exercise to choose next, then you’re most likely not pushing yourself hard enough.
Ideally, you will have a pre-set workout that you’re following which has been clearly laid out to help you reach your weight loss goals. All of your exercises, as well as rest periods, should be mapped out so that you can just plug yourself into the workout and go. Also, if your goal is to drop a few pounds (or a lot of weight) then you should make sure you only allow your heart rate to drop during your workout rest periods.
The goal should be to not only burn calories, but to maximize your fat burning potential after the workout and to do that you need to push yourself hard enough to feel a significant training stimulus on your body.
Stephen Cabral, CSCS, CPT, NS is the owner of Stephen Cabral Studio weight loss & personal training in Boston, MA, and also offers online fitness coaching.
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