All of our programmes revolve around strength in one form or another, with very good reason.
The amount of stimulus that a strength programme gives your body is incredible, and this is why our fat loss programmes all work so well.
In technical terms, it’s all about the cellular and metabolic stress caused by the training that makes your muscles stronger, and allows them to be well-fuelled in future to attack greater and greater stress in your upcoming workouts.
I have always said that strength workouts get your metabolism to rise far longer than just doing work on the bike or treadmill. It can be over 24 hours more in terms of elevated calorie burning for your body.
Constantly asking your body to adapt is a very good habit to be in.
When your body adapts to anything easily, it uses less energy and becomes much more comfortable with exercise, this is exactly what we don’t want.
We need a framework of exercises and workouts that encourage the body to HAVE TO constantly adapt to new movements, and if these movements are tougher, your body will have to use a lot more energy, and this means burning a lot more fat.
It’s still up to you to make these adaptions occur though.
If you push yourself, rather than going through the motions, you cause further “good”stress to your muscles, raising the rate you burn calories 24 hours a day, and making you much fitter and better conditioned full stop.
Your workouts need to be tough, and aim to take yourself out of the comfort zone regularly.
Don’t let your body adapt as this is when the progress slows right down. Measure your progress regularly, and there’s no excuse not to keep on improving.
