03/18/2014
Ultimate Fitness Bootcamp utilizes (most often) high-intensity interval training.
High-intensity interval training (HIIT) is an exercise strategy alternating periods of short intense anaerobic exercise with less-intense recovery periods. HIIT is a form of cardiovascular exercise. Usual HIIT sessions may vary from 4–30 minutes. These short, intense workouts provide improved athletic capacity and condition, improved glucose metabolism, and improved fat burning.
HIIT increases the resting metabolic rate (RMR) for the following 24-36 hours due to exess post-oxygen consumption (EPOC, which burns fat for energy), and may improve maximal oxygen consumption (VO2 max) more effectively than doing only traditional aerobic workouts.
CardioVascular System, primary roles:
1. Deliver O2 & nutrients to body (organ cells)
2. Remove CO2 & waste from body
3. Transport hormones
4. Maintain body temperature
5. Prevent infection
VO2 Max- the most O2 that your body can deliver and utilize.
VO2 Max= CO x AOD
CO- Cardiac output- how much blood your heart pumps,
CO = heart stroke volume x heart rate
AOD- Arteriovenus Oxygen Difference, how much oxygen our body is utilizing
Our goal in exercise is to increase our Anaerobic Threshold, which is the "redline" of our muscles, the highest level of exercise intensity which our breathing (O2 consumption, delivery) can provide enough energy to meet our muscles demand. Our other goal, of course, is to turn our bodies into lean, mean, fat burning machines.
"Here's to good health." - Chris Paolini
