Cardio Before or After Strength Training?
One question that many people find themselves asking as they go about their fat burning workouts is whether or not they should be doing their cardio before or after their strength training session. Some people feel that it’s best to get cardio out of the way first and then move to weights as then [...]
High Intensity Interval Training
High intensity interval training (also known as HIIT) is a type of training, predominantly used for cardiovascular conditioning, that involves repeating bouts of high intensity work with bouts of lower intensity work.
If you’re running, it would look like this…
Sprint, jog, sprint, jog, sprint, jog, etc…
A lot research has been done in the area of interval [...]
Interval Hill Training Workouts
This past Sunday I took our U of T soccer team for a “nice” 2-hour running workout.
It was our first day of preseason training and considering our previous day’s poor fitness test results, the guys definitely needed to get in better shape.
So that’s why I took them through several intense (yet enjoyable) interval hill training [...]
Circuit Training: The Basics And Benefits
Circuit training refers to doing exercises in the gym, or in a park, on several different types of exercise apparatuses, moving from one to the next without resting. Doing this keeps your heart rate elevated to an efficient fat-burning level. For example, you might do bicep curls at one station and then move to a [...]