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.
During conditioning sessions, you are accompanied, at all times, by a personal exercise specialist. 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 on your part to give your whole effort, 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 takes place subtly, over several days, without any effort on our part.
Our low-force, high-intensity health conditioning system exploits this principle to your advantage. First, we work out to provide specific physical stress to deplete the muscle fibers in a way that other forms of activity do not. Then, we allow enough days to elapse between workouts for the body to respond by upgrading the physical condition.
The unusual workout demand is perfectly safe, but adequate time between conditioning sessions is required for the best results. This means conditioning sessions at most once every 3 to 7 days deliver the best results.
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. This works out to a session done once every 4 or 5 days.
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?
The ideal training schedule for any person is based on their ability to improve from one exercise session to the next. Many factors can influence individual tolerance for exercise, such as overall health, sleep, stress, and nutrition.
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. This dramatically reduces the impact forces that the body would encounter.
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 all but eliminates 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. Excessive activity of any kind 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 important 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, 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. Regular activity may also provide benefits that are important to maintaining good physical 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 an injury that could occur as a result of engaging in recreational activities.
We would like to first develop your strength with Essential Exercise conditioning sessions; 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 of moving at conventional speeds during exercise quickly realize that slow-motion health conditioning makes exercise much more challenging. For learning purposes, motivation is the number one key to success; a lack of exercise experience may make the learning process faster.
