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Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010

Info from Alwyn Cosgrove

By Chris

Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 07:42

Jake and Benny just got back from a seminar in Cali by renowned weight loss expert Alwyn Cosgrove. I love Alwyn's message because he always has the research to back it up. Two studies in particular caught my eye (send me an email if you would like to know the names of the studies). One study had two groups attempting to lose body fat. The first group performed 20 weeks of steady state aerobic exercise (such as 45 min on the elliptical) and burned over 28,000 calories during their workouts. The second group performed 16 weeks of interval training and burned just over 14,000 calories during their workouts. Even though the second group only burned half the calories of the first group they lost twice as much subcutaneous body fat. It's like we always say around here - work harder not longer. The other interseting study I saw had to deal with arm circumference. My athlete always want to add arm work after their workouts. We might bust our tails for two hours but they still feel the need to do curls and pushdowns at the end. In this study two groups performed a 12 week total body strength training routine, while one group added extra arm exercises at the end of their workouts. At the end of the study their was no statistical difference between the two groups for arm circumference. Push/Pull in multiple planes and you train all of your muscles. Talk to you soon. Chris

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