Showing posts with label giant sets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label giant sets. Show all posts

Saturday, September 11, 2010

How to Burn More Calories in Less Time

Hey again!

Today's episode of the crazy fitness blogger will aim to those that have not much time to spend in the gym, but want to get a great workout and burn as many calories as possible.

The way to do that is (drumroll) basic compound movements (f8ck yeah!). The catch here is that we're going to do them with a little twist also known as Giant Sets.
Giant sets are done by selecting 4-12 exercises (maybe more if you're super advanced) and doing the exercises back to back in cycle manner 1-3 times. So for this post I'll give you an example that'll woop your butt and send your metabolism sky high ;-)



First, our selection of exercises.

1. Squat: 2-3*15
2. Deadlift: 2-3*10
3. Bent-over bar row: 2-3*12
4. Bench Press: 2-3*10
5. Shoulder Press. 2-3*10

Instructions.

Perform the exercises back to back non-stop and rest 3-4 minutes between cycles. A cycle is comprised of these 5 exercises back to back without any rest between them, just between the cycles. Do no more than 3 cycles! If you can do more than that, you're not putting enough intensity. Intensity should be enough to get you to use a wheelchair to get out of the gym :).
Put as much weight as you can handle for the amount of reps instructed with good form, use a spotter if you have to. Do this routine maximum 3 times a week, no more than 6 weeks. After that you should put your workout as a priority in your life and MAKE more time to hit the gym (sorry ;-)).

Do this baby properly and you'll have a killer fat burning, muscle annihilating workout.

One more thing to consider is your nutritional plan. As I always say, this is the 90% of your success in getting where you want in fitness and bodybuilding EVEN when you are just a recreational fitness enthusiast.

No excuses in the kitchen baby! Eat right, train smart and hard, and it won't be long until you can not recognize the person in the mirror.

Try this Fat Burning machine routine for yourself and see what happens! Put your heart in to it, give it all you got, stay true to your nutritional plan and enjoy the rewards!

On the next post, I will be covering post workout nutrition and supplementation.

Until then,

Kick some serious Arse .

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