Loud Fitness by Tanja Djelevic

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Training In the Right Zone

Friday, September 4th, 2009

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There are many benefits to exercising on a consistent basis, including a surge in your physical strength, a boost in energy levels, a superior ability to deal with stress and fatigue, and an increase in your mental capacity and cognitive functions. You may also experience fewer anxieties and less stress. Not bad, huh?

Luckily, you don’t have to spend hours at the gym to reap the benefits of training, since exercise really means any physical activity that challenges you and your body. The best thing is, you can decide to train wherever you want to, whenever you want to.

The most important thing to keep in mind is that CONSISTENCY and EFFORT are the keys to success! One of the most important components of training is INTENSITY. Quite simply, there are four zones of intensity: Zone P (Pain), Zone O (Outside of comfort), Zone C (Comfort), and Zone R (Rest).

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Stuck With Your Workout?

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

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I have many favorite ways of making workout more intense and thus burning more calories – without having to add more time to the workout. Here are three:

1. Plyometrics (some kind of jumps) or jump rope
Let’s say you have a regular routine of weightlifting a few times per week. Your body has hit a plateau (which it does more often, the fitter you get!). To intensify your workout, take 1-2 minute jump rope breaks, or try squat jumps or lateral lunge jumps, between the sets of lifting. This will create an interval workout with bursts of energy, and you will burn many more calories!

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Loud Fitness by Tanja Djelevic
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