Use Metabolic Chains to Burn Fat & Build Muscle!

This session of Boot Camp our plan is to shake things up by adding Metabolic Chains into the mix. Within the next 6-weeks, our goal is to build up to using chains for 30 consecutive minutes. By combining weight-based exercises with cardio, this training technique is extremely effective at burning fat and building muscle at the same time.

Metabolic chains are very similar to supersets but with a cool twist. You link together two or three exercises into one movement. For example, you may link a squat jump with a bicep curl and a shoulder press. These three moves create one rep of your chain. Each chain has one base exercise that activates fat burning. Your squat jump would be a great base exercise for this chain. Each time you repeat the chain add one rep to your base exercise until you reach 10 reps, you can then start over at one and do it all again.

This integrated workout will save you time and deliver amazing results! Research is showing that this type of training, when compared to separating your cardio and weight training workouts, will burn up to 10-times more fat and produce 85% greater muscle development (according to a study at the University of California quoted in the September, 2011 Edition of Oxygen Magazine). The calorie burn after your workout is also quite a bit higher. Oxygen magazine sited an example of a 130 pound women. 30-minutes of metabolic chains can easily burn 300-350 calories during the workout and another 300-500 calories in the next 24-hours as her body recovers.

Want to give it a try? Let me know, and I'll send you some great chains you can try at home!!!