Some Crucial Truths You Need To Know About Beginner Workouts!
You know guys, so many people are defeated before they really even start when it comes to starting out a program for Beginner workouts. Many beginners and people just starting out have the right ideas and willingness to lose weight and get a bit (or a lot!) fitter and this is great however without the right beginner workouts things can go wrong. Sometimes horribly wrong!
Going “too hard, too early” with maximum gusto can not only cause injuries but also cripple motivation and desire. Also, many so called beginner workouts are just not helpful at all and lack the correct format, exercises, movements and support just to name a few of my many criticisms of unfounded and unproven exercise workout programs and routines.
What are the things to look out for in good beginner workouts?
Ideally you need a proven program with a decent history of performance, results and success. It should also be fun, safe, easy to motivate yourself for, have some longevity to it and most importantly get you some results!
So who has the best beginner workouts?
With all the above in mind, I would like to share with you an article from my favorite trainer, Craig Ballantyne on his thoughts on the subject. Enjoy! Cameron
The Truth About Beginner Fat Loss Workouts
The last thing you want a beginner to do is long, slow, boring cardio workouts.
Two reasons why:
1) Beginners will get an overuse injury from doing too much exercise volume too soon.
I had many new clients come to me after injuring themselves trying to get back in shape by doing excessive cardio. Please don’t make the same mistake.
We had to spend weeks rehabilitating their injuries before we could kick their fat loss workouts into high gear.
2) Long, slow, boring cardio doesn’t very work well – if at all – for fat loss.
Research has shown that doing 300 hours of cardio (6 hours per week for 50 weeks) resulted in only 5-6 pounds of weight loss in American men and women.
That’s a waste of time.
So what’s a better beginner fat loss workout?
Let me explain.
FIRST, we start by doing a general bodyweight warm-up circuit.
Most old-school workouts tell you to do a 10-minute warm-up on a treadmill, but that’s a waste of time.
How does a treadmill prepare you for a total body workout?
Answer: It doesn’t. Jokes on us when we waste our time with it.
In the Turbulence Training workouts, you’ll get proven bodyweight circuit warm-ups that get you ready for fat loss.
SECOND, we do a lot of bodyweight resistance training, often while lying down on a mat.
That’s right, you’ll discover how to work your body and burn calories while LYING DOWN.
You’re going to be shocked by these exercises. In the Turbulence Training Beginner Workouts, you’ll see how to use total body exercises to burn fat with little or NO equipment, all done in the comfort of your own home.
THIRD, we finish off with interval training.
And YES, beginners can do interval workouts.
Here’s how I know this:
1) Researchers have used interval training in all types of populations, such as overweight beginners and even in cardiac rehabilitation (talk to your doctor though first, of course, if you have any medical conditions).
2) Research shows that subjects PREFER interval training over long cardio. So there you go, I’m not the only one who thinks cardio is boring – even subjects who volunteer for research studies would rather do interval training.
3) The most important interval training fat loss research study was performed on overweight beginner level women.
That study found that women who performed interval training on a stationary bike lost more belly fat than woman who did long slow cardio.
Case closed.
Fortunately, with the Turbulence Training Beginner Workout program you also get my “Bodyweight Cardio” program that replaces interval training if you don’t have a bike.
You can get that workout, plus three more beginner fat loss workouts here – all for less than the price of a greasy large pizza meal from one of the big chains:
Fat Burning Exercises For Men
Beginners can lose fat very fast with these workouts,
Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
Certified Turbulence Trainer
So there you have it, some more great thoughts from Craig that I think are really important when it comes to the thought process, ideas, strategies and make up of what creates the best opportunity for success both safety wise as well as potential results when talking about beginner workouts!
