ExtremeFitnessRX Training Blog

As you may know, interval training is a form of high intensity training where you perform an exercise at nearly maximum effort followed by a period of rest at little to no effort. Because you are working at close to maximum effort, the work part of the interval is usually less than two minutes. The rest interval normally ranges from 30 seconds to two minutes. Interval sets can be performed on a stationary bike, with dumbells, weight machines,  and sprinting; just about any exercise can be used for interval training. Interval Training Benefits There are three main benefits: Fat...
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Are you spending hours on the treadmill? Well, if you spend nearly six hours on a treadmill burning 600 calories per hour, you will burn one pound of fat. That’s right. One pound in six hours. So get off the treadmill and get some real results with High Intensity Training. My new video will get you started.
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Today I continued my movement from heavy high intensity training to failure with few sets to, higher volume training with more sets with short rest rest times using lighter weights For many years my view has been that the only way to perform high intensity training was to train very heavy with few sets to failure. I still believe this type of training produces the great strength and size gains along with being efficient. Tabata Interval Training Recently, however, I have been reading and learning more about Tabata interval training. This type of training utilizes much shorter intervals than...
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