Deepening the metabolic Fast-State within the Soft Machine
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What if I were to let you in on a training secret so profound that using it could cause you to drop ten pounds of body fat inside of three weeks? This trick-of-the-trade is used on a widespread basis among a definable segment of the athletic elite; a training tactic universally accepted as effective by those who use it. Bodybuilders may be narcissistic but they have discovered some super effective training and diet tactics that are applicable for anyone serious about renovating their physique. This particular universally accepted pre-competition tactic is based on the following supposition: vigorous cardiovascular exercise performed first thing in the morning (prior to eating any carbohydrates) causes body fat to oxidize at an accelerated rate. Exercising in aerobic fashion when glycogen stores are low, forces the mobilization of body fat to fuel activity. Vigorous exercise also causes the metabolism, the body thermostat, to elevate and remain elevated for hours after the cessation of the intense cardio session. A jacked-up metabolism processes food faster and roasts calories for fuel at an accelerated rate.
There are a very specific set of procedures to follow in order to manipulate this metabolic state: you stack the deck and create a metabolic anomaly on purpose. Coming off the sleep/fast, glycogen stores are extremely low. Glycogen (emulsified carbohydrate) is the bodys favorite fuel source and will consume it preferentially. The body has to fuel itself even as we sleep and awaking after 6 to 8 hours of sleep, glycogen stores will be low and will continue to diminish until we replenish with carbohydrates. If you engage in a fierce cardio session while still glycogen-depleted, the body will first burn through whatever glycogen you have remaining and when glycogen is exhausted the body will consume its second favored fuel source: stored body fat. The reason every national and world level competitive bodybuilder gets up early and travels to the gym to perform torrid cardio is because this approach has proven extremely effective.
Competitive athletes have no philosophic allegiance to any mode or method; show them a better way, even if its harder and elite athletes have no compunction about discarding a current method in favor of a new and more effective tactic. They elite keep effective tactics and discard the ineffectual ones; they do this with the same nonchalance you display throwing a dirty paper towel into the trash.
For the last decade bodybuilders across the globe have adopted early morning cardio as a must-do portion of their exercise regimen. If you have the time, the inclination and the situation, you should give this approach a test ride. I like early morning power walks up and down the steep ridges and hills that surround my house. I have a big cup of coffee to help mobilize trans-fatty acids and do a bunch of jumping jacks, pushups and free-hand squats to forcibly elevate my heart rate. Once the heart rate is elevated to the 80% range initially, it is fairly easy to keep the heart elevated. A 30-50 minute early AM session will call up the calories it needs to push ahead from fat stores; exactly what we want.
When the session is over eat breakfast and get on with your life. Another trick within the trick is to eat only lean protein past five oclock the previous day no carbohydrates. In doing so, you further the length of the carb-fast prior to the next day’s early am cardio session. If you avoid carbs past 4-6 pm, you dramatically cut into glycogen production and the deeper the fast the more fat will be mobilized to cover the shortfall. A lot of athletes will eat their last carbs at 4-6 pm and past that if they get hungry they indulge in protein snacks to thwart evening hunger. Try this out: get up real early, drink something with caffeine to get the soft machine humming and hit the cardio. Go for as long as time permits and remember; even if the session has to be short you can exponentially increase calorie expenditure per minute by picking up the pace. I would use this procedure 5-6 times a week. Hold this course for 21-days.
Assuming you eat reasonably throughout the remainder of the day, we do not want to consume way more calories than we can burn off during the day. The idea is to oxidize more calories than you take in. If you can put it all together and nail down all the component parts, a significant decrease in body fat will melt away in three weeks. Protein does not convert into glycogen and theoretically can be eaten and still not disturb the glycogen-free status the athlete seeks. I have seen bodybuilders drink a no-carb protein shake before cardio. I enjoy early morning cardio because it brings me awake. Psychologically the exercise puts me in a nice mental state for the rest of my day. If these procedures are followed properly body fat will be melted if the method is used correctly the body has no psychological say in the matter.
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