Short bursts of high intensity anaerobic exercise that pushes your heart rate to 85% - 90% MHR (Maximum Heart Rate).
These bursts of high intensity energy will last from 30 seconds – 1 minute in length followed by 90 seconds – 2 minutes of moderate lower intensity exercise that allows your heart rate to get back down to moderate BPM (Beats Per Minute) levels.
30 seconds- high intensity/high resistance
90 seconds- moderate intensity/lower resistance
30 seconds- high intensity/high resistance
90 seconds- moderate intensity/lower resistance
30 seconds- high intensity/high resistance
90 seconds- moderate intensity/lower resistance
Do this for 20 minutes or a total of 10- 30 second High intensity sets
Proper Heart Rate levels during high intensity should be:
85-90% of MHR (Maximum Heart Rate)
Example:
30 year old person take: 220 - 30 (age) = 190 max. X 90% = 171 BPM 220 - 30 (age) = 190 max. X 85% = 162 BPM So your range for the High Intensity should be 162-171 BPM (beats per min.)
60-65% of MHR (Maximum Heart Rate)
Example:
30 year old person take: 220 - 30 (age) = 190 max. X 65% = 124 BPM 220 - 30 (age) = 190 max. X 60% = 114 BPM So your range for the Recovery should be 114-124 BPM (beats per min.)
Keep heart level up between sets to get the same anaerobic benefits that we are receiving from our Cardio training. So in essence you will become a fat burning
machine even while doing your resistance training and at the same time focusing on developing additional muscle growth to help support a higher BMR( Basal Metabolic Rate) while at rest.
We want your body to become its on fat burning source even when not exercising and that can be successfully accomplished with this type of hi/low intensity training.
So here is an example of a resistance exercise plan using hi/low:5 minute warm up- get muscles warm and flexible
Set 1- Large muscle groups- Chest and Back Opposing muscle groups
Dumbbell chest press - 12 reps Dumbbell chest fly - 12 reps No rest
Bent over Dumbbell Row - 12 reps Lower back hyperextensions- 12 reps
Set 1-Large muscle groups- legs and Shoulders Lower and upper body muscle groups
Exercise ball Dumbbell Squat - 12 reps
Standing lunges with Dumbbell – 10 reps
No rest
Ball dumbbell shoulder press – 12 reps
Standing dumbbell shrugs - 12 reps
Repeat this same process for 1 more set of each group Monitor heart rate as you did with your Cardio High/Low Intensity Training.