20 Minutes?
Not only is it possible to get good results from a 20-minute conditioning session, but with our training, you will get your best results by completing the session in less than 20 minutes.
With our detailed guidance, you will use a slow-motion training method to lift and lower weights on a series of exercise machines. The focused slowness and precise loading pattern enhance the fatigue in specific muscles.
After each exercise, you will move on to the next machine with minimum delay. The goal is to perform the entire conditioning session non-stop to create a powerful metabolic stimulus. This combination of muscle fiber depletion and peak levels of fatigue by-products provides an actual total conditioning stimulus.
With our expert coaching and a commitment to giving your all, you will get the best results by completing the session in less than 20 minutes! Our method of total conditioning is safe and effective; it suits young and old, from serious athletes to frail beginners.
Twice a week or less?
Even though we may feel many exhilarating sensations during exercise, the beneficial changes that we seek to gain are not produced immediately during a conditioning session. After a session, the biological ” super-compensation” response occurs when the body rests and grows stronger. We have all experienced this adaptation process when we develop a callous on our hands, a tan on our skin, or when a wound heals.
The over-compensation response occurs subtly over several days without any effort on our part. We exploit this principle to your advantage.
First, we work out to provide specific physical stress that depletes the muscle fibers in a way that other forms of activity do not. Then, we allow the body a few days to upgrade its physical condition before the next session. The best results are realized when training once every three to seven days.
Many of our advanced clients train by alternating two days one week and then one day the next, such as Monday and Friday on one week, then Wednesday only the following week, and so on.
Your personal exercise coach will remove the guesswork by tracking your progress with accurate time recordings of every exercise. This way, we can prescribe the correct amount of exercise for your steady improvement.
What about once a week?
Your ideal training schedule is determined by how well you improve from one exercise session to the next. Many factors, such as overall health, sleep, stress, and nutrition, can influence individual tolerance for exercise. Additional activity can also impact the recovery period. When someone is involved in sports or recreational activity (excessive skiing, extra heavy yard work, running distance races, etc.), they may need to extend their period between Essential Exercise training sessions for up to 7 days ¹‚ ²‚³.
How safe is this for someone who is not in good condition or those of advanced age?
If you have a pre-existing heart condition or prior medical condition, you should check with a doctor before beginning any exercise program.
At Essential Exercise, LLC, you are always accompanied by a personal exercise specialist to ensure your safe performance on every exercise. We utilize our method of gradual tension for every exercise, dramatically reducing the impact forces that the body encounters.
Workouts are performed using specialized equipment, which allows us to dispense a precise resistance adjustable in one-pound increments to match any level of conditioning.
These machines have been designed to provide resistance at a low friction level, accommodating our use of slow, steady movement. The combination of balanced resistance moved with a gradual speed of motion reduces the chance of injury.
What about losing weight?
The issue isn’t so much weight loss as it is fat loss.
If you lose body weight during calorie-restrictive dieting, you lose both muscle and fat. By losing muscle, you are shrinking the tissue that burns fat. This results in a flabby appearance, reduced performance, and a slower metabolic rate. However, by combining our training with healthy eating, fat is shed more quickly, and muscle is retained. This is because proper strength training strongly influences the anabolic (building up ) process of metabolism, which raises the metabolic rate.
Moderate-effort activities that require you to pace yourself, like walking or jogging, do not have this effect on the body. Too much activity will accelerate muscle loss instead of fat loss. The importance of maintaining muscle while losing weight cannot be overstated!
The cosmetic effect of our program is also essential for fat loss. When muscles are properly trained, the body’s contours become more shapely and firm. Your improved appearance is a powerful motivator for continued efforts at controlling food intake and your success at sustained fat loss.
I like riding my bike and hiking, but won’t they help me get in shape, too?
Recreational activities are an enjoyable part of life, and the fun they provide helps maintain mental health.
However, most activities are done against the random resistance provided by gravity, which does not provide the load needed to stimulate muscle and bone improvement. For this reason, participating in activities like jogging, swimming, and most sports, etc., will not offset the naturally occurring loss of muscle as we age.
Engaging in our training alone will stimulate an increase in muscle strength, which will reverse the losses resulting from aging.
We have also found that as our clients improve their strength with our training, they spontaneously become more active, often engaging in activities they have not done for a while. Their improved strength helps protect them from injury that could occur while engaging in recreational activities.
We would like you to develop your strength with Essential Exercise conditioning sessions first. Then, you will be in better shape to take advantage of the benefits of additional activities done in moderation.
Yeah, but I want more than just stronger muscles.
Essential Exercise health conditioning is effective; no other single activity results in as many improvements to the human body. This may challenge what you thought you knew about exercise, but science supports what we have seen for decades. As a result of workouts at Essential Exercise, you will:
- Lose Fat More Efficiently
- Improve Appearance
- Build Bone Density
- Improve Insulin Sensitivity
- Improve Cardiovascular Efficiency
- Improve Ease of Movement
- Improve Flexibility
- Protect Against Injury
- Improve Posture
- Manage Arthritis
- Reduce or Eliminate Chronic Back and Neck Pain
- Offset Age-Related Muscle Loss
- Speed Up Recovery From Injury, Surgery, or Sickness
Is it better to have prior workout experience?
Those with prior experience moving at conventional speeds during exercise quickly realize that slow-motion health conditioning makes training much more challenging. For learning purposes, motivation is the number one key to success; a lack of exercise experience may speed up the learning process.
