The Metabolic Effect!

Yesterday, I spent my morning at the NBC Health and Wellness Festival in Hartford, CT. I was performing an exercise routine referred to as the Metabolic Effect. Let me tell you a little something about this exercise program. It kicked my ass! But it felt great!

The Metabolic Effect is a unique type of exercise using the combination of hybrid or multi joint movements and full body calisthenics to create a "ripple effect" on the metabolism. This "ripple effect" is more so known as EPOC or excess post exercise oxygen consumption. Creating more use of oxygen leads to an increased caloric expenditure over time. Since the use of oxygen is directly related to how much fat is burned, these increases in oxygen consumption throughout the day lead to significantly more burning of fat.

I want to share with you exactly what I did on stage at the Connecticut Convention Center. So here it is.

Start:

DB Squat and Press - 30 seconds

DB Push-up w/ Row - 30 seconds

(Renegade Row)

DB Lunge with Bicep Curl - 30 seconds

There is no rest between exercises and no rest between the circuits. The routine is to be repeated 3 times before you rest 30 seconds.

Rest 30 seconds

Sprint 1

Jump Squats 30 secs

rest 30 secs

Sprint 2

Squat Thrusts 30 secs

rest 30 secs

Sprint 3

Squat w/ Jumping Jack 30 secs

rest 30 secs

Repeat again 2x

Perform the routine to you max exertion level. For some of you that may mean only 6 repetitions of a given exercise, where others may reach 25. The metabolic fatigue (or ME point) will be different for each person. Do this when deciding how much resistance to use while performing the program.

Start your week off with a metabolic boost! Post your comments and success with the routine on my blog.

Helping you create a metabolic disturbance,

Tyler English, NASM-PES, CPT