Stress, too much exercise and fat loss

I was speaking to a lovely young lady the other day about her exercise habits and lack of continued results.

She was frustrated that she spent so much time in the gym and her results seem non existent these days. It should be noted at this point that she had a body that any women would be proud of and most men would drool over. The point being is that she hadn’t seen results in a long time, she seemed to be simply maintaining the condition of her body.

After hearing how often she was in the gym it was obvious to me that she was spending way too much time working out at lower intensities – classes nearly every day.

I suggested that she is in a biologically stressed state – too much exercise has the opposite effect of the desired one. A stress hormone called cortisol has likely built up in response to the sheer volume of exercise she was performing. More is not always better when it comes to amount of exercise. Sure for a short period of time an increase in the amount you do can work wonders, but long term it just makes you stressed.

Stress leads to a state of fat storage and lethargy, let your body recover, relax and de-stress.

Without a control on your diet you will see lesser results. Eat smart.

I also advised her that she needed to increase the intensity at which she works whilst reducing the overall stress of the workout.

Her legs were a point of contention,  I thought they were great, she didn’t.  I told her to add heavy deadlifts and squats to her programme for a lower body she wanted.

Heavy weights for a low total amount of work; 5-10 total heavy reps 1-3 days per week. Not time consuming but very hard work.

The stronger a muscle, the tighter or more “toned” it becomes.

Work harder, less and smarter. Book in and start now, you can be more toned and look sexier than ever before with less time in the gym too! 07742 952 208

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