Learn How Exercise Strengthens Your Immune Part 2 of 2 PDF Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 07 July 2009 12:11

Now lets talk about implementing exercise to strengthen your immune to your regular routine. If you exercise on weights, make sure you keep your rest to a minimum of 30 seconds or less. Depending on your level of strength or cardio conditioning, you can work on super sets. Super sets is going from one exercise to another different exercise without stopping. For example, if you do sit ups for 15 reps, then once you are done immediately work on lower abs like leg raises for another 15 reps. The key is to not stop from one exercise to the next! This could be done with different muscle groups. Keep it to two or three cycles at most - meaning repeat it two or three times. Again the key is to sweat! By not resting from one exercise to another you should be sweating. If not, do another cycle!

Lets talk about implementing this to cardio exercises. Again depending on your level of aerobic conditioning you want to start out slow, which is a recovery pace. Then go fast until you have a hard time breathing and then go back to a recovery pace which is again slow. This could be done with any type of cardio - walking, cycling, swimming, or running. Your recovery pace will take anywhere from one minute to two, depending again on your aerobic conditioning. Then your fast pace could take anywhere from 15 seconds to one minute or more of running, walking, etc. This type of cardio training is also called interval training. Interval training has been used for years and is currently being implemented by my clients and professional athletes around the world. If you're trying to lose weight, even better! Interval training is 3 times more effective than doing the standard 30 minutes to one hour of basic regular cardio. Meaning if you are used to doing cardio for half an hour, and you do interval training for 15 minutes, it would be the equivalent of about the same effort put forth for a half an hour or more. So now the question is, "Why isn't everybody doing intervals?" For one, not a lot of people know about it. Second, it's boring doing it on your own. Now that you're educated about interval training, do it with a friend and make it fun. Because if it's not fun you won't do it!

Okay, so now we are going to stay consistent with working out with weights and cardio at least two to three times per week. The key is to vary your pace and to sweat to be able to strengthen your immune and to stay ahead of the game of life. Let's live to the fullest and make sure to keep our immune system strong!

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