More on cardio...

Got a ton of great feedback on the cardio video
I posted last week. Glad y'all liked it.

I mentioned the vid on an MMA forum, and a pretty
big discussion ensued. An bunch of awesome questions
and topics came up, so I figured I'd pass one of them
onto y'all.

(NOTE - if you have watched this video yet, then get
your keister to http://www.workingclassfitness.com/intervaltraining.shtml
and watch it.)

The basic question was this - if your interval is longer
(say 60+ secs), should you go as hard as possible out
of the gate, and risk slowing down, or pick a desired
"pace" that will let be hard, but maybe not *quite*
100%?

Here is what I answered:

...let's say I'm looking to work up to a 6RM. This is the
most amount of weight I can lift for 6 reps...

Now, when am I reaching failure? On the 6th rep. Does
that mean that the first 5 were useless? Of course not - they
are what set the precursor for the 6th rep...

...If you know you're doing a 90 sec interval, there is a pace
that you will be able to keep up for that entire interval, so that
you can get the maximum out of it. If you go balls to the wall
right away, you'll peter out pretty quick and the rest of the
interval is useless.

Look at 400m sprinters. They generally have a pace they keep,
and a point in which they go as hard as they can. Whereas if they
went all out at the very beginning, they, too, might very well peter
out too quickly, and not be able to finish strong. It's about what
will let them cover the same amount of ground in the quickest time.

So here, we would want to do the opposite. As the intervals times
stay the same, what pace for a given interval will allow you to cover
the most ground? If you go balls to the wall then peter out, can you
cover as much ground as you could if you took it a *tad* slower at
first, but was able to keep that pace throughout? Which one will let
you cover the most ground in that same time period?

Hope that provides a little more insight, and helps out some.

There were several other great things discussed - all will be included
in this month's Power Trip newsletter.

Are you getting on the Power Trip yet? If not, then you'd better get on the
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Train Hard, Rest Hard, Play Hard-
Matt "Wiggy" Wiggins
http://www.workingclassfitness.com

PS - Been meaning to tell y'all - kind of a long story, but I ended up
talking to Dave "Scooter" Honig last week, when he joined Power Trip.

Who is Scooter Honig? He's the kickass celebrity trainer that's been
behind rapper/actor LL Cool J's amazing physical transformation,
making LL Cool J the only person to be on the cover of Men's Fitness
magazine twice.

Scooter's opinion? "Wiggy is one trainer who knows how to combine
complex training for the average person as well as elite athletes..."

Not to mention he joined Power Trip for a full year - paid up front.

'nuff said.