subject: How To Fit A Wedding Workout Plan Into Your Busy Schedule [print this page] Getting married can mean a crazy time with lots of details to take care of and you will soon be wishing for longer days even if you have a lot of help. In addition to the many appointments, there is still the wedding workout plan and unfortunately for many of us, this may get pushed down the list. It doesn't matter if you work with a trainer or on your own, there's always the need to get more results in less time.
Of late, experts have been reminding us about interval training, which gives the busiest among us hope for even better gym pay-off. Although fitness advice seems to change all the time, serious athletes and Olympians have been doing interval training for decades, and seeing about twice the results of a average cardio workout. It's beginning to come into the spotlight again, with people having less and less time to fit a conventional workout into their day.
An article in says experts believe adding interval training just a few days a week will display great improvements in fat burning and endurance as opposed to a long continuous cardio workout. These studies have been done with young adults (in different degrees of physical fitness) using stationary bikes and treadmills. The results showed that all subjects saw about a 36% increase in fat burned in a short interval training session as opposed to longer moderate cardio session.
Experts believe results like these can be duplicated on various pieces of fitness equipment and with outdoor activities. While there isn't an exact plan to stick to, you could cut your hour or so moderate session to 25 minutes, consisting of 4 minute bursts with a 3 minute recovery in between. It could also be 1 minutes bursts with 3 minutes recovery.
What's important is that you experience intense times of working at about 85% capacity and then moderate to light exertion to get the heart rate almost back down to normal before starting the cycle again.
The cardiovascular and fat burning results are shown to be evident in just a few weeks, so even if your are in the final wedding countdown, you could surely benefit from the boost switching to intervals would provide in your wedding workout plan. Remember that it's important to warm up beforehand, and that while you should feel breathless, you don't want to work yourself to exhaustion.
Those of you who work out on your own or have home gyms can consult a doctor or trainer for further advice and recommendations that are personalized to your fitness level, wedding workout plan schedule and goals.
