About a month ago Craig Ballantyne emailed me and told me about 24/7 fat loss and the fact that this new plan included “the best workouts he’d ever written”. That piqued my interest so I immediately grilled him for more info.
The new product has just been released, so I decided to share some of the info that I got from Craig with you guys…
Answer:
It’s about time that a complete blueprint was put together showing our clients exactly what to do every hour of every day to burn fat.
Joel Marion and I are taking the guesswork out of fat loss. Joel’s providing the step-by-step nutrition and I’ve created a complete workout plan using MRT, MCT, and MFF – the three best components of fast fat burning workouts – according to both my research and experience.
but can you break down MCT and MFF for my readers?
Answer:
You bet.
The MCT is something that was inspired by you, actually, during one of our telephone calls. You mentioned you had clients performing metabolic workouts on back to back days, with one day being heavy MRT workouts and the next day being a higher-rep, conditioning style group workout (similar to a bootcamp).
I started designing programs like this for my clients and the response was incredible. In fact, the first workout I designed using the MCT has been my most popular this year.
My clients want to train hard, work up a sweat and burn calories and fat, and the combo of MRT and MCT workouts is almost the perfect plan.
I say “almost”, because recently I’ve stumbled across one more piece to the fat loss puzzle, and that was adding metabolic fat loss finishers in place of interval training.
The biggest benefit is simply that my clients can now get maximum results without traditional interval-cardio equipment like treadmills or bikes. You can use dumbbells, kettlebells, or just your bodyweight for metabolic finishers as you’ll see in a moment.
3) I’ve actually used some bodyweight routines as metabolic finishers -
instead of traditional cardio. Any thoughts on that?
Answer:
I’m convinced that metabolic finishers are far superior to regular cardio.
Then again, regular cardio often doesn’t accomplish too much.
The key with both finishers and interval training – and even cardio – is to cause depletion of muscle energy stores (i.e. glycogen depletion). This causes ‘turbulence’ on the muscles and in turn, turbulence causes the post-workout afterburn.
Your muscles don’t care if it is traditional sprint interval training on a bike (like the original interval training fat loss studies used) or goblet squats and burpees in a finisher.
All that matters is the depletion – and you can get that without traditional cardio equipment thanks to the MFF setup.
4) Can you hook my readers up with a sample workout?
Phase 1 – Day 1 – Workout A
1A) DB Reverse Lunge – 8 reps per side (2-0-1)
1B) DB Chest Press – 8 reps (3-0-1)
1C) DB Row – 8 reps per side (2-0-1)
1D) Stability Ball Rollout – 12 reps (3-0-1)
• Perform the above circuit with no rest between exercises. Rest 1 minute after completing the circuit. Repeat the circuit twice more for a total of 3 rounds, resting 1 minute between each. After completing all rounds rest 1 minute and move on to below circuit.
2A) DB Squat – 30 seconds
2B) Close-Grip Push-up – 30 seconds
2C) DB RDL – 30 seconds
2D) 1-Arm DB Squat & Press – 30 seconds per side
• Perform the above circuit with no rest between exercises. Rest 1 minute after completing the circuit. Repeat the circuit twice more for a total of 3 rounds, resting 1 minute between each. After completing all rounds rest 1 minute and move on to below circuit.
3A) Burpees – 30 seconds
3B) Total Body Extension – 30 seconds
3C) Jumping Jacks – 30 seconds
• Perform the above circuit with no rest between exercises. Rest 30 seconds after completing the circuit. Repeat the circuit twice more for a total of 3 rounds, resting 30 seconds between each.
End workout.
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AC
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