Highlife Workout Training

  People often ask me if Resistance bands work for building muscle mass… They do. But you can NOT get a way with using ONLY RESISTANCE BANDS! The bands are tools in your tool box. If your were building a house, you would not try to just use a hammer. You would use all the tool that you have at your disposal. I like to use Resistance bands along with my dumbbells, my pull up bar, and body weight exercises. . I only workout at home now, but when I went to the gym I would also bring my bands into the weight room so I could do SUPPERSETS quickly. I also like to take the band with me when I go out of town. if I am staying at a hotel, I can use the bands ( along with some body weight moves) to get a full workout in the hotel room. I can also bring them to the Hotel’s gym because most hotel gyms suck balls. When me and my band go on tour this  summer, resistance  bands will be huge part of my workout wile out of town. Check out the video below where I better explain [...]

    Everyday some ask me how to  workout at home with out equipment or weights, so I put together this  video of how to with a backpack full of books. This is the first installment of a series that I am going to call the “MacGyver Workouts” were I show you how to workout at home with things you may already have around the house. I know a lot of people think that you NEED weights or you NEED to be in a gym to build muscle fast but its just not true. Have you ever seen a old Greek or Roman statue were every body is ripped and cut up? Guess what? The statues were based off of REAL PEOPLE of the time! This was THOUSANDS of years before the bumble was invented! (p.s. They did not have creatine or any other bullshit supplement ether) They did it by eating good food and LIFTING HEAVY SHIT!!! You Don’t need to lift weights or be in a gym to get in shape, all you need to do is LIFT HEAVY SHIT! Anyone that tells you differently is negating what the Romans and Greeks did THOUSANDS of years ago. Check [...]

  . . A lot of people tell me they want to know how they can build muscle fast.  I get asked about short cuts all the time.  What people usually don’t think about is that exercise is just a part of getting and staying in shape.  What you put in your body makes a significant difference in the results of your exercise routine.  You can not out exercise bad nutrition!  What you must do if you want to build muscle fast is maintain a healthy diet.  What you need to start out with is carefully monitoring your post workout nutrition. Eating the right things post workout will maximize your efforts in the gym and help to quickly get you the results your looking for. . During  you workout is when your muscles break down.  Your muscles will need to be replenished and repaired. Giving them the nutrition they need will help to build bigger and stronger muscles after a workout.  If not, you will be putting in hard work without optimal results (a.k.a “hustling backwards”).  Your muscles need these nutrients to build them back up fast. . YOU HAVE ONE HOUR TO MAKE IT HAPPEN! After the last rep [...]

Everyday people ask me what supplements I take to Build Muscle And Burn Fat. First of all, I want you to know that eating quality REAL FOOD is WAY more effective than taking any supplements. Supplements are not magic, but they will help speed up your muscle gains and fat loss… as lot as you are working out hard! In The video below I explain what supplements I personally use to Build Muscle And Burn Fat. 99.9999% of all supplements are bullshit, but here are the ones that I think are really effective Whey Protein - will really help your muscles grow and get stronger. I take 3-4 servings of it a day and i make sure in take it after my workout! if your take this and workout hard you can see results WAY faster!   Multivitamins - Helps naturally enhance your body’s ability to increase anabolic hormone levels, Enhances endurance and increases energy. I wort more about Multivitamins here   Fish Oil - Fish provides the important polyunsaturated omega 3′s, EPA and DHA, which aid well being by promoting cardiovascular health. I notice that I am a lot more ripped when I am taking Fish Oil. I suspect [...]

A ton of times people hear about ways to gain weight and get bigger the advise is normally given for them to eat more.  If you are small and trying to gain weight consuming more is what you need to do, but if it’s difficult for you to eat more, than a gallon of milk a day should do the trick for you.  This gallon a day is in addition to the meals you eat.  In the first month alone you could gain about 25 pounds.  If you are lactose intolerant and still want to try this you can try taking lactose pills. Milk, as a whole food source, is hard to beat in terms of macro and micro nutrients.  Milk is primarily water, so one is sure to be hydrated on this particular diet.  It contains a hefty dose of protein, carbohydrates and saturated fat.  Milk is a fine source of vitamin D, A, calcium, magnesium, zinc, as well as many other vitamins and minerals. You’ll also gain strength.  The protein and fat content in whole milk helps muscle and strength gains. Some key things you need do in order for GOMAD to work is: Make Sure It’s Whole [...]

If your like me, your working on getting more cut up and ripped for the summer so you can stunt on these fools. The 2 keys to getting ripped are Burning fat and adding definition to your muscle. A great way to add definition is to do Isolation Exercises. I mentioned in an other post that Compound Exercises are the best for adding size (and they are the best over all) but when it come to targeting a specific muscle and sculpting your body Isolation Exercises work well. Let me explain each. What Are Isolation Exercises? An isolation exercise is any exercise in which only one major muscle group is trained by itself. Typically, the movement is done in such a way where usage of all other muscle groups is avoided, which leaves one muscle group isolated and able to do all of the work. Here’s a list of the most common isolation exercises along with the muscle it isolates/trains: Flat, Incline or Decline Flyes (dumbbell, cable or machine) Muscle Group Trained: Chest Lateral Raises or Front Raises (dumbbell, cable or machine) Muscle Group Trained: Shoulders Biceps Curls (barbell, dumbbell, cable or machine) Muscle Group Trained: Biceps Triceps Extensions (barbell, dumbbell, cable or machine) Muscle Group Trained: Triceps Leg Extensions Muscle Group Trained: Quads Leg Curls Muscle Group [...]

There really is no right time for everyone to work out, although theoretically, working out in the morning will elevate your metabolism so you will burn more calories in the day.  Personally, I always exercise at 6 a.m. on an empty stomach because studies show you burn more fat, plus it’s out of your way for the day. . Always eat a good meal within one half hour to replace glycogen and protein stores in the way of a positive nitrogen balance. Clinical testing has also shown that your body is more likely to shunt these nutrients away from fat cells (adipose tissue) and to your muscles. You will burn anywhere from 50-100 additional calories per pound of muscle gained. This doesn’t mean you’ll get bulky from this plan provided you’re eating fewer calories and not doing very heavy weight lifting.  Your caloric intake can be assessed by looking up your basal metabolic rate. . Just as important to any fitness routine is drinking enough water.  A recent clinical study found that 17 ounces of water consumed in one dose will increase metebolic rate by 30%(study did not indicate, nor were they able to determine how long this would last). [...]

Some people find it almost impossible to gain muscle or just get toned.  They waste time and money going to gym’s and trying strategies that do not work.  It is in reach for everyone to get in shape. You just need to know some key things to get you there.  Whether you just want to bulk up, build up you biceps, or achieve any other muscle building goal, follow these 5 tips to get you to build muscle fast. Muscle Building Tip #1: Hit Mutliple Joints Building muscle quickly will not work doing single joint movements like bicep curls or tricep extensions unless you are already very muscular. Multi-joint exercises like pull-ups, squats, bench pressing, or deadlifts will do the job. These exercises will not only work muscles in less time, but will also allow you to use much heavier weight than you would with single-joint exercises. Muscle Building Tip #2: Get Heavy A lot of people that try to build muscle do not use heavy enough weight. Pick heavy weights and go to failure for each set. Failure=until you can’t do anymore even if I put a gun to your head! One of the reasons bodybuilders have a partner [...]

Everyday people ask me what supplements I take. They are always supprised when I tell them that them most important supplement is a basic multivitamin.   If  your not taking them now, you better change that immediately if you want to meet your fitness goals. I started taking a Multivitamin EVERYDAY about 10 years ago, and I have been sick less than 5 times in the the last 10 years!!! . What Is A Multi And Why Do I Need One? For the human body to complete all the tasks it has in a normal day, it must be given a wide and complex variety of vital nutrients. Becoming deficient in any one of these essential vitamins or minerals causes breakdown of the metabolic pathway that produces optimum efficiency and performance goes down quick. Obviously, this is NOT what you want! Making sure you take a high-potency multivitamin/multi-mineral formula may help ensure the presence of those essential nutrients necessary for thousands of metabolic reactions. Bodybuilders, athletes, and people that lead active lifestyles need even more nutrients than the average non-active person. So if you think that just grabbing the first one you see on the shelf is going to work for you, [...]

I great way to shock your Biceps to make the grow faster is to try a technique called 21′s. I know that I say NEVER COUNT REPS, but here is an exception.  First you will need to pick a weight on a barbell, ez-curl, Dumbbells, or Resistances Bands that will be moderately challenging for you. Maybe about 70% of the weight you use for regular sets of 10. For example, being able to curl 110 pounds 10 times may require you to drop down to about 80 pounds for this particular exercise. How To do 21′s (see video below) . The exercise is best described as doing 3 exercises back to back, isolating different parts of you biceps. . The first movement you will be making is basically half of a curl. Have the bar at your waist and lift until your forearms are parallel to the floor, stop, lower the weight and repeat 7 times. . Without rest, after your 7th rep, start in the position that you ended with in the last movement (forearms parallel to the floor) and then bring the bar to your neck, back down to the starting position and back up to your neck [...]

A common mistake people make when trying build there arms up is to concentrate on  biceps to much.  Your triceps are actually the bigger muscles in the upper arm. Focusing on triceps exercises that isolate the muscle, such as dips, narrow-grip bench presses and  triceps extensions, will lead to bigger gains. Chair dips are great exercises for the triceps, and they work really well for all of us that like to work out at home. In The video below, I will show you some extreme  versions of Chair dips, as well as some basic ones. Right now, you may be wandering “How many reps should I do?”  Work to failure!!!!!!  To build muscle you need to fatigue the arms, forcing them to grow back bigger and stronger! Also make sure you ‘squeeze’ the muscles at the top of every rep to really work them. Here is some another triceps moves that I like A LOT! Try both moves out next time you train your arm!!! Be sure to leave a comment about how they work for you, we would all love to hear about your success!!  Related Post: Top 10 Muscle Building Foods  If you are new to this site, make sure you Download [...]

Everyday I get the question “Will lifting weights stunt my growth?” and the answer is NO! I am going to quickly show you the DATA  and tell you my own story about about how I started lifting at age 15. First off here is what the “ AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS” has to say about kids lifting weights as it relates to stunting one’s growth. “strength training programs do not seem to adversely affect linear growth and do not seem to have any long-term detrimental effect on cardiovascular health” You can read the whole study HERE  Here is my own story. I stared lifting weights when I was around 15 because I was sick of getting beat up by bigger kids…. And I wanted to get more girls. Here is a pic of me around that age.  (The other guy in this pic is serving a 25 year prison sentience for murder! I grew up in a crazy place, smh) In that Pic I am about 140 pounds at 5 foot 7. It took me about 4 years for me to get to 190 pounds (it ONLY took that long because I had NO IDEA what I was doing!!!!!)  During that time I also grew to 6’2 !!! I am one [...]

  With Spring and Summer approaching fast, the LAST thing you want to do is  wait till the last minute to get in shape for the warm weather! Here are my 5 Top Fat Loss Tips to help you Get Ready For Summer NOW 1. Eliminate Junk Food (Most Of The Time) You may think this is a no-brainer, but you’ll be surprised at how those few chips, sodas and cookies on a regular basis add up (we just saw a cookie package, and each cookie, about two bites, packed 125 calories! Eat 8 and that’s about half your daily calorie intake, 1,000 calories). Notice that we said to eliminate junk “most of the time.” That’s because allowing it once or twice a week will prevent over-the-top binges. And besides, a loose-eating day, with a higher-calorie jolt, prevents your metabolism from slowing down, so it’s a good thing. I take one  ”CHEAT DAY” a week, on that day I eat ANYTHING I WANT!!! . 2. Tone Down Alcohol Consumption: A few beers or libations every so often won’t hurt, but if you do it regularly, you turn off fat burning. The reason is that your body burns off alcohol first, it becomes [...]

First of all, I’d like to acknowledge that this is my 100th post on this site!!! This site got over 1,500,000 hits over the last year!!! I have truly enjoyed posting fitness info for you all, getting your feedback, reading your comments and (trying to) respond to them all! I would like to thank you all for following this blog over the last year, and hope you all enjoy it as much as I enjoy writing it for you!!!! Ok, back to the workout stuff! The Following video is a demonstration of a great abs exercise that you can do at home! Here are my TOP 5 tips to help you get a six pack FAST!!! 1. DO NOT TRAIN ABS EVERYDAY!!! I ALWAYS hear people saying that its ok to train abs everyday, that is pharmaceutical grade bullshit! are just like any other muscle. You wouldn’t train legs every day so why would it make sense to train abs every day? I train my abs 2-3 times per week. If your just starting out, you should do even less. As rule of thumb, after you workout a body part, wait till your 100% not sore before you train that body part again. 2. YOU CAN NOT BURN [...]

Many people give their legs a weak workout at best or skip over them completely in favor of training their arms or chest more. This is a costly mistake to make. Not only does training legs help pack on lean mass it also helps keep of fat. When you do a heavy, intense leg workout your growth hormone spikes. Thus creating an anabolic environment, which equals muscle growth throughout your whole body. Because you can add several pounds of muscle to your legs, this will help you keep weight off. Muscle mass takes calories to maintain, so the more muscle you have the more calories you burn, therefore keeping fat off.
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For best results, make sure you follow a good total body routine and diet (you get both in my FULL workout plan). It may also help to try a good fat burner like TEA REXX, it is what I use to help me stay ripped.

!!!LET NOTHING STOP YOU!!!

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I like The ”Human Trainer” WAY better that other suspension gyms like “TRX” because The “Human Trainer” has TWO Dual-anchor suspension straps!!! Two suspension straps nearly eliminate the rubbing on your arms and neck which you get from using a single-anchor, suspension gym like TRX. The Dual-anchor suspension straps also allow you to preform more exercises like “DIPS” that are totally impossible with a single-anchor, suspension gym.

Another advantage that ”Human Trainer” has over a single-anchor suspension gym like TRX, the fact that YOU CAN USE IT ON A PULL-UP BAR! The main reason that I never bought TRX was because you HAVE to drill anchors into your wall to use it! That’s fine for your home (you can use anchors for the ”Human Trainer” too) but what a bout when your on vacation? Now I can bring ”Human Trainer” to any hotel and no matter how shitty the gym is, as long as they have a pull up bar, I can use the ”Human Trainer” to get a great workout!  This is also great for people that cant (or don’t want to) drill anything into your wall that will be permanent, now you can just attach the ”Human Trainer” to your “Iorn Gym” style pull up bar and take it all down when your done!

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For best results, make sure you follow a good total body routine and diet (you get both in my FULL workout plan). It may also help to try a good fat burner like TEA REXX, it is what I use to help me stay ripped.

!!!LET NOTHING STOP YOU!!!

sincerely,

Brandon Carter

Your mucles DON’T grow wile your in the gym! When your in the your working out you breaking down your body and telling it to get stronger. Muslces grow while you are resting and sleeping. This is called “Recovering”. If you dont let your muscles to revover, they will never grow!!! It’s called “Overtraining” and you NEED to avoid it like the plague!!!

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Overtraining occurs when you try train you workout the same bodyparts too offten with out alowing them to recover between workouts. Without recovery, the body is repeatedly stressed to the point where rest is no longer adequate to allow for recovery. When this takes place for weeks or even months, this is called the “overtraining syndrome”.

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The overtraining syndrome is the name given to all of the symptoms that occur due to overtraining. These symptoms include:

• Pain in muscles & joints
• Washed-out feeling, tired, drained, lack of energy, fatigue
• Headaches
• Inability to relax, twitchy, fidgety
• Unquenchable thirst, dehydration
• Lowered resistance to common illnesses; colds, sore throat, etc.
• Moody, irritable
• Altered sleep patterns
• Depression
• Loss of competitive desire
• Decreased appetite
• Weight loss
• Persistent muscle soreness
• Increased occurrence of injuries

As you can see, overtraining is no joke! It has affected almost everyone who has stepped foot in a gym at one point or another. It should be taken into consideration when creating a workout plan of any sort.
Why Does Overtraining Occur?

Most of the time, overtraining occurs because people train or do the same activity targeting a muscle group that hasn’t fully recovered. Other times, it’s from the lack of nutrients and calories to rebuild what you body broke down through exercise.

Example: Lets say that you worked out your back on Monday. Your biceps had a good workout from that and are still recovering when you work out your biceps on Tuesday. Since your biceps are still recovering and you worked them out anyways, this is putting your biceps in an overtrained state. Because this only happened this one time and the degree of overtraining isn’t that great, a few days of rest would easily allow your body to bounce back and get out of the overtrained state.

If you don’t allow for your arms to rest and continue breaking them down further while not giving them adequate time for rest and recovery, then the overtraining syndrome will occur. Once the overtraining syndrome occurs, you will experience symptoms and recovering from the overtraining syndrome will take longer. The amount of rest required to get out of the overtraining syndrome varies from person to person.

Factors that influence this are:

• How efficient your body is at recovering
• The amount of food you are consuming for your body to use for repair and growth
• How much sleep you are giving your body.

With all of these factors in place, you will recover from the overtraining syndrome more rapidly.

How Do I Recover If I Am Overtrained?

If you are in an overtrained state and have overtraining syndrome, rest is key to recovering. Depending on how long your body was in an overtrained state, you might only need 3-5 days of rest without stressful activity. If you were in an overtrained state for much longer, you will have to increase your rest days accordingly. It is impossible to tell you exactly how long you need to rest due to the fact that everyone is different.

A good diet that gives your body a surplus amount of calories and an adequate amount of sleep will increase your rate of recovery. Also, a multivitamin and lots of vitamin C will help your immune system to recover from the overtraining syndrome. I Strongly Recommend This Multivitamin. I tried if for the first time earlier this year, and now I take it everyday!

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How Do You Prevent Overtraining?

Making a workout plan that will give you adequate rest to heal, repair, and grow can prevent overtraining. Take into consideration how many days a week you are working out and how many times a week you are hitting each muscle group. It is wise to rest at least one day a week, no matter how light your weight training may be. It is also recommended that you don’t work each muscle group more than two days a week (unless you are doing a special program that calls for you to do so).

Another way to prevent overtraining is by making sure you are getting enough sleep. Bodybuilders everywhere swear by at least eight hours of sleep each night. For children, nine hours is recommended. Some Pro Bodybuilders sleep 13 hours each day while he prepared for contests!

The final, and probably the most important prevention method, is to make a diet that will allow your body the nutrients it needs in order to meet the demands that exercise has placed on it. Getting enough protein in your diet is the first place to start.

As for carbohydrates, make sure you are consuming enough so that your body is burning either fats or carbohydrates for an energy source and not protein or amino acids. With fats, at least consume enough for your body to carry on with its hormonal and bodily functions.

Check out the post below for more info on topics that will make sure your NEVER overtraing!

“Top 5 Tips To Help You Reach Your Fitness Goals In 2012″

“What To Eat Too Lose Weight and Gain Muscle”

“How Sleep Helps You Burn Fat and Build Muscle Faster!”

“Drink More Water To Burn Fat & Build Muscle Faster”

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For best results, make sure you follow a good total body routine and diet (you get both in my workout plan). It may also help to try a good fat burner like TEA REXX, it is what I use to help me stay ripped.

!!! LET NOTHING STOP YOU!!!

Big Brandon Carter

When it comes to building muscle & gaining strength your main goal should be to get bigger. Yes you may put on some fat with it, but all that can be eliminated when you’re done with some HIIT circuit training.
!!!!The key to building Muscle is to consume more calories than you burn!!!!!!!!

Here are my top 10 favorite muscle building foods (and drinks)…

1. Milk – If your stomach can handle milk, I’m all for it if you’re trying to build muscle. Normally I don’t recommend people drink milk, but if gaining muscle or strength is your goal, there’s no denying that milk works incredibly well.
I have seen people drink 1/2 gallon of milk per day in addition to regular diet and they have put on as much as 15+ lbs (& got much stronger) over the course of 2 months… If you’re really skinny you can even try a gallon of milk per day.

2. Meat – Some of the best protein sources you’ll find come from good cuts of meat. I recommend steaks, ground beef and pork for trying to put on some muscle. As much as I’m not a fan of Wal Mart you can usually find some cheap stakes that taste pretty good for $4-$5.
Granted the meat isn’t organic grass fed or any of the uppie bullshit, but if you’re trying to build muscle on a budget, you may have to sacrifice some quality in exchange for quantity.

3. Whole Wheat Pasta – Pasta is incredibly high in calories and carbs, so it makes a great muscle building meal. I like to stick with the whole wheat pasta as it’s a bit healthier for you than the white starch kind
If you mix your pasta with a cream sauce with butter and some parmesean cheese, you’ll easily have a 1000 calorie meal.

4. Peanut Butter – Peanut butter (or almond butter) is a great way to get a bunch of calories in your mouth without eating a ton of food. Most guys who need to put on size have a hard time eating a lot of food, so finding foods that pack a bunch of calories in small servings is a good idea.
A peanut butter sandwich on wheat bread will give you about 500 calories or so. If you eat two with a glass of milk, then you’ll be on your way to a great muscle building meal.

5. Nuts – Almonds & walnuts are my two personal favorites. Both of these have lots of healthy fats in them and pack a bunch of calories. A 1/4 cup of nuts usually has 200 calories in it. You can easily add 800 calories to your day by making a big handful of almonds your snack in between each meal.

6. Olive Oil – Just like nuts, olive oil has a lot of healthy fats in it – And it has 120 calories per TBSP. Olive oil can be used to cook pretty much everything from meat to veggies to eggs. You can also add a few tablespoons to a smoothie. It’s a great way to get more fruit in your diet & also consume a bunch of calories (trust me you actually wont taste it).

7. Eggs – Your morning breakfast should look something like this… 4 egg omelette with red pepper, onion & cheese, 2 pieces of wheat toast with peanut butter, hashbrowns and a glass of milk. Eggs are easy to make & not to mention incredibly cheap to buy. They pack a lot of protein & are a perfect meal for breakfast.

8. Fish – Fish is actually great for both building muscle & losing fat. It pretty much boils down to how much of it you eat. A 4 oz piece of salmon is good for fat loss, while a 10 oz piece would work for muscle building. Fish like salmon pack a ton of protein & omega 3′s.
The only draw back to fish is it can be a bit pricey, and a lot people just don’t like it.

9. Brown Rice – Rice is always a great post workout meal along with some beans and a chicken breast. Brown rice can be used in a lot of dishes such as stir fry with veggies, chicken and teryaki sauce.

10. Potatoes – The potato is very versatile as a muscle building food. You can make mashed potatoes or baked potatoes ahead of time and store them in the fridge. You can also use them to make homefries or hashbrowns in the morning.
Add some butter and cheese and you’ll add a bunch more calories to your potato.

RELATED POST: How And What To Eat Too Lose Weight and Gain Muscle

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For best results, make sure you follow a good total body routine and diet (you get both in my FULL workout plan). It may also help to try a good fat burner like TEA REXX, it is what I use to help me stay ripped.

!!!LET NOTHING STOP YOU!!!

sincerely,

Brandon Carter
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What if I told you that you could burn more fat by doing less cardio? Well, with High Intensity Interval Training (also known as HIIT) you can do just that, burn more fat while spending less time in the gym. In this article I will explain how to get the best results from this new and cutting-edge type of cardiovascular training.

You have probably been told, just like the rest of us, that in order to burn the greatest amount of fat you need to do cardio for 20 to 60 minutes at a moderate intensity. This will indeed melt the fat away, but HIIT is a more efficient and athlete-friendly way to train and burn fat at the same time.

How HIIT Works

With HIIT, you will be working harder than you normally work but for about a quarter to a half of the time that you would normally spend on the cardio machine of your choice. HIIT is so intense and effective that you only need 15 to 20 minutes, tops!

Here’s What You Do:

Pick the cardio machine of your choice (treadmill, elliptical, rower, bike, swimming) and perform a 5 minute warm-up.

Then take time to stretch properly and you are ready to begin.

Start at a moderate pace for 1 minute, then crank up the pace to 90 or 95% of your Maximum Heart Rate (MHR).

Continue at this effort for 15 to 20 seconds, then slow down to your starting pace for another minute followed by another all-out sprint for 15 to 20 seconds.

Or do like me and jump as high as you can, as fast as you can for 30 sec and rest for 30 sec

Do this for no more than 15 minutes.

After that finish your workout by cooling down for 5 minutes and thoroughly stretch afterwards.

If you perform this right I guarantee that you will be totally exhausted after 20 minutes of this.

Benefits Of HIIT

A study at Laval University in Quebec, Canada found that HIIT cardio helped trainees loose nine (yes, 9!) times more fat than those who trained the traditional way (moderate speed for 20-60 minutes). Combine HIIT with your weight program and you boost your metabolism through the roof!

The Reason HIIT Is So Successful Is This:

When you work at a high intensity, you burn more total calories per pound of body weight.
High Intensity workouts such as weight training and HIIT boost growth hormone levels.
Elevates the body’s metabolism throughout the entire day!
What does this mean for you? The more calories that you burn in a day, the more weight you are able to lose. Even if weight loss is not your goal, HIIT is for you. Athletes will see better gains from doing HIIT cardio as opposed to traditional cardio.

Unless you are training for a marathon, you do not keep a constant pace during your sport. All sports whether it be soccer or football, even baseball or basketball have a point where you need to change gears and hit a full sprint.

HIIT will not only help your cardiovascular system, but will train the anaerobic ATP/CP system as well. Not only will you increase your cardiovascular endurance, but improve your raw speed and explosiveness as well!

What Is ATP?
Otherwise known as Adenosine TriPhosphate, ATP is critical to the release of energy. ATP is an adenosine-derived nucleotide that supplies large amounts of energy to cells for various biochemical processes, including muscle contraction and sugar metabolism, through its hydrolysis to ADP.

Conclusion

I will let the study speak for itself. HIIT provides a more effective workout in much less time! Everyone can benefit from HIIT cardio, whether it be the person who is trying to lose weight or the professional football player training for the upcoming NFL season! Give HIIT a try and I am sure that you will not go back to the traditional way of performing cardio again!

Related Post: How And What To Eat Too Lose Weight and Gain Muscle

It will also help  to try a good fat burner like TEA REXX, it is what I use to help me stay ripped

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Brandon Carter

Spring is just around the corner and you should start getting ready for it now!!! You don’t want to be on of the people that wait till the first warm day to realize that you have to start working on your 6 pack! Here are my top 5 abs workouts for you to start NOW! You never want to do the same workout over and over because your body will adapt to if and your progress will stop. switch up you abs workouts every 2-3 weeks to keep your body guess and keep the results coming!!!

#5 This is the first one I ever posted on youtube. It has 1,449,021  views!

#4 This is more of a cardio workout to burn the fat off your abs so theywill show!!! no matter how much you workout your abs, if you have fat on them, nobody will see you 6 pack!!!!

#3 A lot of great moves in this one!

#2 This one focuses on adding weights to your your abs workouts. it’s something thats underrated!!!

#1 I think this is my best abs workout!!! warning!!! it is NOT easy… but nothing worth doing is! you can download this workout for FREE from my Facebook page! 

In addtion to the workouts, your also going to want to make sure your EATING RIGHT to burn fat off your stomach, make sure your getting enough rest, and Drinking enough WATER!!! You have to do ALL of these things right to get the results you want!! If you punk out on ANY of them, you will slow your progress!!!

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For best results, make sure you follow a good total body routine and diet (you get both in my FULL workout plan). It may also help to try a good fat burner like TEA REXX, it is what I use to help me stay ripped.

!!!LET NOTHING STOP YOU!!!

sincerely,

Brandon Carter