20/10/2015
*Training Talk* -
Steady CV/MAP10/Z1
Before you lot start, Yes I know it's not exciting, it's not glamorous, you won't get a massive adrenaline surge but let's talk about some steady aerobic work, and before we start the debate it is agin my experience and what I have used it for, it may apply to you, it may not.
If you can, try blending into your training some steady walking/cycling/rowing etc in the am/or pm for 1 hour. Fasted or not fasted I can't tell you, if it's a 530am in the morning you will probably be fasted with some amino acids pre walk possibly, if it's pm walk you may have had food. The benefits for doing so are its good for recovery, it helps with lymph drainage, blood flow and clearing out the build up of training, digestive function as just getting up and moving helps you digest food, it's manageable by nearly everyone, you can burn some calories without killing your body, improving cardiovascular performance and it also gives you time to be distracted and listen to to good audio books!
Maximal Aerobic Power 10/ Zone 1 Cardio Vascular/ basically walking or power walking.
50-60% of max HR
Something you could hold for multiple hours if need be.
Basically, lots of people do it from the ridiculously cardiovascular based sports to strongmen. I'm not saying they are all right, I'm not saying they are wrong but as much as everyone seems to bash on about HIIT training being the only way to get lean, I would like them to pick up a book/watch how many bodybuilders get in some fat burning while on prep, you don't see many of them sprinting around, and as far as body fat percentage they are quite lean!!
Same for top level athletes, they can't go full tilt all the time, performance takes a lot out of the body, doing sprints on top would wreck some of them if they already have taxed their CNS/muscles.
Same rules for the beginner who can't produce enough force to accelerate enough to to warrant it being called a sprint.
Of course HITT has its place, it's a great tool, but remember like a builder has a whole tool bag of various instruments, not all of them are lump hammers. So basically don't treat every training situation the same and approach it with the same tool.
