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| Zane Meldere: Personal Trainer |
Counter your intuition
Most women
wouldn’t want a six pack, maybe something a little less intense, a flat
stomach? It’s a noble goal. However, it’s amazing that people with no
orientation or experience in exercise would probably think to achieve this
goal, dieting/starving and running are the solution. Intuition often comes from
your past experiences, and if you have no experience of exercise, you will get
quite stuck. In fact, reducing your calories may be the last thing you want to
do. Why? Because the highest contributor to increasing your metabolism is
digestion. Digestion of high fibre and high protein sources, which aid muscle
growth, will build a tighter body.
Strategy: Playing the Long Game
Diet alone
is not enough. Lifting weights may indeed not have a handy calorie counter, and
in fact would not burn as many calories during the period of exercise an hour’s
running would, but it has two key advantages. Your calories will be burnt for
24 hours after lifting weights whilst running’s impact stops almost instantly,
weights are also supportive of your ligaments and joints opposed to running.
It’s a bit like the difference between earning money in a job, and accumulating
interest with savings. There is an instant impact with cardio or clocking on,
but as soon as you stop the activity the effect is lost. There comes a point
where the steady weight lifting strategy compounds its results beyond the small
amount of time spent exercising. This is called the after “burn effect”.
So, why do Women not do it Already?
There are
many preconceptions about weight training and body building in both the female
and male world. However, one of the biggest reasons ladies would feel
uncomfortable weight training is the belief 1: it leads to a masculine form,
and 2: they are not welcome in the free weights zone.
Of course,
men are not always the best communicators, and being in a gym can seem an
unfriendly environment. You may think people can sense your insecurity, but in
reality they probably have no idea you have your eye on a piece of equipment. A
personal trainer can help you build your confidence in how to approach the gym
and make best use of its facilities.
Other Advantages
Lifting
weights will increase a ladies everyday strength and posture whilst making them
leaner even if they weigh the same. With that, osteoporosis which mostly affects
women can be avoided with weight training and the diet that goes with it. The
combined effects of these two forces counteract the western problem of Type II
diabetes.
Stress
reduction is also a key problem in today’s living. Cortisol is a hormone that causes
feelings of stress and fat accumulation. Good exercise and diet can counteract
it. With that, the body’s response to insulin can be increased through a better
diet and training method. Eating for weight lifting usually means a reduction
in carbs especially low quality ones, which are a huge contributor to insulin
spikes and sugar lows.
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| Client hard at work |
Pictured
Zane’s
client Allison used to only run, but after a year’s training is more flexible,
stronger, and has a more feminine form. She recommends weight training to any
woman.
For more details contact: Zane@zanemeldere.com
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