Holiday Afterburn

This holiday season, you’re going to hear all kinds of stuff that’s going to make you feel guilty. Like, you can’t enjoy yourself over the holidays because you’re going to eat too much and gain weight. And you need to lose weight through exercise. Here’s what’s wrong with that… Although most people have heard many times before that “it’s not about the calories,” most people have not heard that it’s not about the calories you burn during exercise. What staying lean and healthy is about is burning calories after exercise so you can use them to remodel your body. It’s fixing your metabolism so you don’t have to worry about gaining fat. The way to do this is “afterburn.” Afterburn is a way to describe how your body’s metabolism responds to your workouts. It’s the key to why your body transforms so fast when you do PACE. For example, a real PACE workout challenges your lung capacity so your lungs become stronger. When you improve your lung capacity, it’s an anabolic event, and it needs calories from somewhere. When you progressively challenge your muscles, you force them to become more powerful. It takes calories to grow stronger, and repair and energy replenishment after working out use calories too. A PACE workout also raises your metabolism, breathing rate, blood circulation and temperature. Those all need to return to normal. That takes energy, and that’s afterburn. Your body burns off calories by choosing to use them for energy, oxygen re...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Tags: Anti-Aging Fitness PACE Source Type: news