G-Series Fit
Super excited about the new Gatorade fitness nutrition system, G-Series Fit. What I’m actually excited about, is being sponsored by them. Not only have they done a complete physical fitness and nutrition assessment on me, but they have been feeding, hydrating and helping me recover with great tasting, calorie controlled portions, it’s easy to get just the right amount of calories that help you work hard enough to burn the calories….
Interval Training
According several lectures I went to at the ACSM Summit in Anaheim in April, interval training can burn up to 9-10 times more calories from fat than exercise done at a low to moderate intensity at a steady pace. It seems a good argument for why the programs like Insanity and P90X are doing so well. Dr Len Kraviz and Dr Michael Bracko spoke in depth about calorie burning and how high intensity exercise has the potential to burn 9-10 times the calories from fat than steady state low intensity training. The after-burn (Excess Post Oxygen Consumption or EPOC) is highest when the intensity is high.
That’s not to say that you should only be interval training. You need to your energy systems according to your needs. If you do a competitive sport such as cycling, running, triathlon, soccer, then you know that at certain times of the year you are training certain energy systems. For the Fitness athlete who trains at a gym year round with no particular performance goals, other than feeling better, looking better, clothes fitting better, etc. This person, the fitness athlete has specific needs. 1. Energy balance 2.Hydration 3. Recovery. Enter Gatorade G Series Fit! The perfect balance of nutrients for the active person.
