Sunday, February 1, 2009

Rowing Exercise For Fast Fat Loss and Conditioning

By Caleb Lee

If you want to lose weight and burn fat fast while increasing your anaerobic, aerobics and overall endurance but you're sick and tired of running all the time then you're going to love this article about rowing.

Yesterday I did another one of my rowing workouts on the rowing machine at the gym and boy did it kick my ass " AGAIN! This article will teach you all about rowing for exercise, why you should do it, and the most effective way to do rowing exercises to burn fat fast

What Is Rowing All About?

Rowing is a workout where you get on a machine with a handle connected to a cable of some type and you position your feet in straps. You subsequently row by pulling the cable backwards towards your chest as you thrust with through your heels (like a squat movement). The seat you sit on moves towards the back then you can push yourself away.

Why Do You Need To Row?

When most people think of cardio training they only think of running. Running is breathtaking and all that, but then again, I get tired of it after a short while. I definitely cant stand long slow steady state cardio at any rate, and any time I run I do perform sprint interval training.

But rowing is a fantastic workout since it is more upper body dominant, and will give you a time out from conventional cardio workouts such as running, bicycling, and all that.

Its one of the few cardio exercises too that reaches all the main muscle groups, counting quads, biceps, triceps, lats, glutes and abs.

Its awesome for your cardiovascular training, and you can perform interval training on it without difficulty for the reason that you can adjust both the resistance level of the row, and you can adjust your speed with no trouble (like on a bicycle).

In What Way Do You Need To Row For Supreme Fat Loss?

Here's the exercises I did yesterday and the one you must check out if you're in good shape and want to burn down some body fat off in no time. It only takes FIVE to SIX minutes, but I guarantee you you'll know you had a fantastic workout!

Here's how to do it:

* Row at a constant pace for 1-2 minutes to get loose

* Work Interval: At the minute mark Row as hard and fast as you can for 20 seconds

* Rest Interval: Row at your warm up rate for 10 seconds

* Repeat your work/rest interval 8 more times

* You're finished!

Now's the time to be on your feet, tell your heart its NOT going to break through your chest and if push comes to shove, you may want to throw up. By round 6, 7 and 8 you're going to REALLY be short of breath and think you cant continue (this is if you're really rowing as powerful and promptly as you can during your work intervals)

Yet carry on " you wont be going that fast in your last couple rounds but the important part is Greatness of effort in other words you are ATTEMPTING to row as promptly and as powerful as you can (although you can only deal with a moderate speed).

Whats So Great About This Workout?

This is the famed tabata protocol. Researchers found that guys who used the routine five days a week for six weeks improved their maximum aerobic capacity by 14% PLUS, they also improved anaerobic capacity by 28%.

In addition, scientists observed the people behind the tabata protocol burned 9 TIMES MORE FAT than a group that trained for an hour a day (performing steady-state aerobics). And your metabolism stays revved up and burns more fat up until 48 hours after the Tabata protocol.

When Do You Have To Execute This Workout?

Try it on your rest days. You can alternate a cardio workout of sprints and a cardio workout like this with rowing to keep your body from adapting and for variety in your cardio routines. If you're following the DoubleYourGains 3-5 program you'll have 2-3 rest days per week. You could do this rowing routine on one rest day and a different cardio routine on the other to keep it fresh or just do this routine on both days, its your choice.

You''ll get a better feel for how often you can do this routine and still recover once you've done it a few times. So get out there and try it today! - 15343

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