Simple - exercise causes a stimulus to the tissues of the body - of which, very little is actually required. Once the stimulus has reached a state of "overload" i.e. more than the body has done in the past, that stimulus need only be applied once. The time between workouts combined with your diet allow the adaptations to occur. The adaptations being manifested in the form of tighter, stronger and if so desired, bigger muscles.
Fat loss is a function of nutrition, exercise alone will burn very few calories during a session. Look at it is this way; A Tour de France cyclist burns approximately 10,000 per day from cycling really fast all day. An average gym member will burn between 400 and 800 calories an hour if they work at out a high pace for the entire hour - in reality no one I ever saw in a gym works out that hard for a whole hour, let alone for a whole hour each and every time they workout. Even with the best intentions it is more realistic to say that most people burn approximately 200-400 calories per hour in the gym from exercise.
Bearing in mind a single pound of fat is worth 3500 calories you can see that it would take between 9 and 17 hours to burn just one measly pound of fat - worth it, I think not.
Creating a simple calorie deficit with the appropriate choice of key nutrients combined with a metabolism enhancing workout programme is the better choice to make for fat loss. Drop to circa 500 calories below your daily energy needs and you lose that same pound of fat in 7 days with no exercise at all. Now add in a sensible and hard exercise regime such as the one Hams Fitness Personal Training in Epsom prescribes and you can double that figure to 2 pounds per week of fat loss with only 1 hour spent in the gym.
Which sounds better to you; 17 hours hard gym time for 1 pound of fat loss or 1 hour gym time and sensible, intelligent food choices for 2 pounds of fat loss?
This is possible by creating stronger and more toned muscles. A toned muscle is a muscle that is in a state of "readiness" (not to mention tighter) and when in this state it needs more fuel to hold onto its "readiness". The bigger the muscles you tone/strengthen the more fuel will be burned throughout the day. What does that mean for you? Strengthen big muscles like the buttocks, thighs, back and chest to increase your metabolism!
What does each session involve?
The fastest and most effective way to strengthen (and thus tone) a muscle is by working it against a resistance for a specified time appropriate to your goals, through a full range of motion in a controlled manner.
In your Personal Training session we will work all the major muscle groups of the body; Legs, buttocks, core, front and rear torso and arms.
The exercise will be carried out in a manner that allows a minimum amount of rest between the movements, this creates an environment that trains your cardiovascular system too
Does this mean I will get big muscles?
If you want it to, yes. If you don't, no. I can't give away all my secrets now can I?!.
What if I don't see a change in weight on the scales?
Don't worry too much about what the scales say - they do not tell the full story;
If you currently weigh 10 stone but carry 30% body fat and after 6 months of hard training you still weigh 10 stone but now have a body fat of just 10%, do you think you will still be the same shape or look the same? No, of course you wouldn't. Scales only tell half the story, do not rely on them as progress markers.
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