Answer To Your Fitness Questions" />What Is The Best Type Of Metabolic Training? Aerobic Or Anerobic?
March 15, 2008
The debate du jour is anaerobic vs. aerobic!! Which one is the best type of metabolic training? The definition of metabolic training is “conditioning exercises performed with the intention of increasing the capacity and efficiency of the energy pathways to store and deliver energy for activity. Referred to as cardio.”
So which one do we train is in debate. But here are the facts.
The benefits of aerobic activity are:
1. An increase of cardiovascular function which lowers the body fat.
The “cons” to aerobic training:
1. Decreased muscle mass, strength, power, speed and anaerobic capacity.
( Low intensity (aerobic) exercise burns about 50percent fat for fuel while High intensity (anaerobic)burns about 40 percent fat for fuel.) You can burn more fuel per minute in high-intensity. It’s in the math.
In anaerobic training the benefits are:
1. Increased cardiovascular function, muscle mass, strength, power, speed and aerobic capacity.
2. Decreased body fat.
The “cons” are:
1. Requires an aerobic base.
When you focus on the concept that general fitness means you should have longer aerobic training in order to have a higher level of fitness, that is not entirely true. Then they fail to realize that by neglecting their other physical abilities, the power, speed etc, THAT deters their overall fitness level. It is also important to realize as well, that by mixing the extended aerobic training with isolated muscle exercises is not the answer either.
The answer?
Simply put, train all the energy pathways. Get all intensities, for varied durations, and varied exercises in. Put high intensity, short duration metabolic training to your fitness plan and vary the intensities.
Tell you what, I’m for the results with maximum use of time!!
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