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Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Rowing Exercise For Fast Fat Loss and Conditioning

By Caleb Lee

If you want to lose weight and burn fat fast while increasing your anaerobic, aerobics and overall endurance but you're sick and tired of running all the time then you're going to love this article about rowing.

Yesterday I did one more of my rowing exercises on the rowing machine at the fitness center and boy did it kick my ass " ONCE MORE! This article will train you all about rowing for exercise, why you have to do it, and the highly effective way to perform rowing to burn fat automatically

What's Rowing?

Rowing is a physical exercise where you get on a machine with a handle affixed to a cable of some type and you put your feet in loops. You later row by pulling the cable backwards towards your chest as you shove with through your heels (resembling squat movement). The seat you sit on moves rearwards in that case you can push yourself away.

Why Do You Have To Row?

When most people think of cardio training they only think of running. Running is breathtaking and all that, but then again, I get tired of it after a short while. I definitely cant stand long slow steady state cardio at any rate, and any time I run I do perform sprint interval training.

But rowing is a fantastic workout since it is more upper body dominant, and will give you a time out from conventional cardio workouts such as running, bicycling, and all that.

Its also one of the few cardio exercises that hits all the major muscle groups, including quads, biceps, triceps, lats, glutes and abdominal muscles.

Its great for your cardiovascular conditioning, and you can easily do interval training on it because you can adjust both the resistance level of the row, and you can vary your speed easily (like on a bicycle).

How Should You Row For Maximum Fat Loss?

Here's the training I did yesterday and the one you have to give it a go if you're in good shape and want to nuke some body fat off swiftly. It only takes FIVE to SIX minutes, but I assure you you'll know you had an awesome workout!

Here's how to execute it:

* Row at a constant pace for 1-2 minutes to get loose

* Work Interval: At the minute mark Row as powerful and promptly as you can for 20 seconds

* Rest Interval: Row at your warm up pace for 10 seconds

* Repeat your work/rest interval 8 more times

* You're through!

Now's the time to get up, tell your heart its NOT going to break through your chest and if necessary, you may have to puke. By round 6, 7 and 8 you're going to REALLY be winded and think you cant keep going (this is if you're really rowing as hard and fast as you can during your work intervals)

In spite of this stick it out " you wont be going that fast in your last couple rounds but the important part is Amount of effort in short you are MAKING AN EFFORT to row as quickly and as intense as you can (though you can only handle an average speed).

Whats So Great About This Workout?

This is the well-known tabata procedure. Researchers discovered that people who took pleasure in the routine five days a week for six weeks developed their full aerobic capacity by 14% GOOD THING, they also increased anaerobic capacity by 28%.

Besides, scientists became aware that the people in the wake of the tabata protocol burned 9 TIMES MORE FAT than a group that worked out for an hour a day (carrying out steady-state aerobics). Plus your metabolism remains revved up and burns more fat until 48 hours after the Tabata protocol.

When Should You Do This Workout?

Try it on your rest days. You can alternate a cardio workout of sprints and a cardio workout like this with rowing to keep your body from adapting and for variety in your cardio routines. If you're following the DoubleYourGains 3-5 program you'll have 2-3 rest days per week. You could do this rowing routine on one rest day and a different cardio routine on the other to keep it fresh or just do this routine on both days, its your choice.

You'll get a better feel for how frequently you can do this routine and still restore your health once you've done it a few times. So get out there and try it now! - 17269

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