When Should I Do What?

1. 5-10 minute Warm Up

2. Endurance

3. Strength

4. Balance

5. Flexibility

 

The Reason: We want you very warm and your muscles fluid when performing your strength exercises.  This should prevent your injury from getting worse.  Stretch before, during and after your strength routine.

 

1. 5-10 Minute Warm up

2. Strength

3. Balance

4. Endurance

5. Flexibility

 

The Reason:  If your goal is fat loss, then we want you to burn all the calories in your stomach during your Strength training and be immediately in your “fat burning” zone during your Endurance exercise. 

 

Strength training is anaerobic (your heart rate spikes and plummets.) This burns calories but not necessarily fat. Fat oxidation (Lipolysis) is a chemical process in the body that requires a great deal of oxygen. Therefore, when your heart rate is in your aerobic zone during an endurance activity, your body is burning fat.  But, when you jump straight into an aerobic activity you must perform it for 20-30 minutes before you finish burning the calories in your stomach and begin to burn your fat stores. So, doing your strength training and then your aerobics increases your fat burning time!