NEWS--Interval Training Can Help the Overweight Burn 600% More Fat

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Interval Training Can Help the Overweight Burn 600% More Fat in 2006

Select fitness trainers and facilities in the U.S. are teaching

their clients how to burn re-program their metabolisms to utilize

significantly more body fat during their workout program.

(PRWEB) December 31, 2005 -- As the obesity rate in the United

States continues to climb, select personal trainers and fitness

facilities are rising to the challenge by helping their clients

achieve their weight loss goals and devour their body fat stores

through interval training. The results are promising for beginners

and advanced fitness enthusiasts alike.

" Interval training removes many of the mental and physical barriers

to weight loss " says personal trainer and fitness instructor Leah

Arnold, creator of Isis Fitness LeanZone interval program. " In as

little as six weeks, interval training can exponentially increase

your fat burning capacity without the deprivation of dieting or

spending hours in the gym. "

Intervals take an individual back and forth through moderate to

increasingly more difficult levels of exercise intensity over a

period of weeks, reprogramming their bodies to utilize ever larger

stores of body fat as fuel, as opposed to dietary calories alone. In

fact, interval training can increase per minute caloric fat burn

from as little as .06 fat calories per minute to as high as 4.8

calories per minute in just six weeks; an increase of almost 700%.

Most forms of interval training are low impact (treadmills,

elliptical machines, stationary bikes), allowing both the beginner

and the advanced the ability to set attainable goals and reach them.

Additionally, the average interval training session lasts only 45

minutes, including the weight training portion. Women, in

particular, are surprised by the program, as well as their

achievements, without the monotony and boredom so prevalent in most

women's fitness programs. With interval training, the programs vary

day by day, and week by week, meaning the client never has the

opportunity to become bored, mentally or physically.

Arnold says the success rate of interval training is higher than the

average express workout for several reasons. " Because the body never

knows what you're going to do next, it cannot adapt, and we avoid

the dreaded plateaus. In addition, we can continue to adjust and

increase strength, stamina, and metabolism, where typical express

workouts cannot. " Arnold says that though not widely available yet,

interval training is a big up and coming trend in the health and

fitness industry. " Interval training is highly personalized, and

tailored to each individual's current level of fitness and the goals

they are trying to reach. The `one-size-fits-all,' homogenized

mentality of express fitness does not apply here, because interval

training really gets back to the roots of personal fitness. "