Adrenaline and Weight Loss
Synopsis
It’s that time of the year again when you say goodbye to sweaters and say hello to summer dresses! Welcoming summer heat for a lot of people means hitting the gym and getting ready for a beach body. A record number of people lose a lot of weight this season because lounging around by the pool is much fun to do when you’re not ashamed to strip down to a bikini.
What Happens
To lose weight, one must understand how the body works. In order for a person to lose weight, they need to have a certain healthy diet and do a lot of physical activity. A very popular way of shedding pounds is by doing high or low intensity cardio. But did you know that you can lose weight fast if you have a better understanding of Adrenaline?
How is adrenaline related to fat loss, you may ask. Adrenaline is actually a hormone that regulates your heart rate. It helps in the process in the fat breakdown. How? I’ll explain by giving an example.
A study was done with two groups of women, all obese. One group was asked to a 20 minute interval training using a bike. They were asked to do 8 second high intensity cycling followed by 12 seconds recovery.
The second group was asked to perform 40 minutes of slow and light intensity cardio. Both groups were asked to do this three times a week for fifteen weeks. The results were stunning. The group who did a 20 minute training showed impressive weight loss results. And the second group who did cardio double the time that the first had no weight loss.
Doing interval training helps you release adrenaline, and as already mentioned above; adrenaline breaks down fat stores and burns them.
It can help you lose weight much faster than doing steady cardio. It doesn’t mean that you won’t lose weight at all if you do only cardio exercises, you will. It just won’t be as fast and evident as doing interval training.
Here is another fact about adrenaline, once it gets you going and released in your body, it can be in your blood for hours. That being said, you are burning fat really fast that no amount of intense cardio or heavy weight lifting can do.
Another way that adrenaline helps you lose weight is that it actually decreases your appetite. That means if on a regular day of workout wherein you will want to eat more after the tiring activity, adrenaline does the opposite.
Knowing all these facts can help you choose the right kind of workout. But whenever you are trying to lose weight, it is still important to consider the kind of diet you have. More than anything, being healthy inside and out is more important that looking good in a bikini. So load up on those yummy veggies, skip that highly tempting cheeseburger and fries meal and drink at least 8 glasses of water each day for a better looking, healthier you!