High Intensity And Low Intensity Training - What's The Difference?

By C.d. Rich


There are lots of reasons to consider doing high intensity training.

This kind of workout would not do much when it comes to endurance and strength. It would not help in muscle mass building nor would it help increase the metabolism.

Workouts that push the heart rate to at least 75% of its maximum are known as high intensity workouts and are truly better when it comes to your overall health.

If you deduct your present age from two hundred twenty, you will know your maximum heart rate. This means that a forty year old individual would have a maximum heart rate of 180 beats per minute. The term "maximum heart rate" is something people should not be worried about. You are not going to harm the heart if you go up to or over this heart rate.

Remember that the 220-age method is just an estimation and anyone could go above this number depending on her or his individual physiology. Since it's almost impossible to harm a healthy heart by working out, that is nothing to be worried about.

If you would like to cool down or warm up after or before high intensity workouts then you can do low intensity exercises. If you're recovering from a sickness or injury, just starting to exercise, overweight and in poor shape or an elderly person, then low intensity exercises can be very useful.

The sad part is that there are a few individuals who are not receiving the great benefits that high intensity workouts can offer because their personal trainer suggested they do low intensity workouts. Usually, a trainer will recommend the less effective low intensity training for one of two reasons: confusion or personal protection.

If a trainer chooses a safer route which could lead to least harm and recommends low intensity exercises so as to avoid lawsuits then this is referred to as personal protection. There are three reasons why trainers do this: they are not sure of their skills, they don't plan to be present during their client's exercise session or they are simply not fit trainers.




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