More Clarification

I apologize as there appears to be a lot of misunderstanding with regard to my most recent posts and the concept of “cardioacceleration.”

Yesterday, I did a new class in my Chicago studio that we are calling “Cardio-Free Workouts.”

The entire time, you keep moving and only perform strength training exercises.

But, you go from a very dynamic exercise, such as a back row with a side to side lunge, to more static strength training such as plank pushups, whereby you start in the plank, then go up to pushup position, then back down on your elbows.

All of this is strength training, but clearly, the dynamic back row with the side lunge pushes my heart rate much higher.

That is the “Cardioacceleration” that I am talking about. Alternating higher intensity strength training with lower intensity strength training.

If you want to take it one step further and talk heart rate, and this is for me, not the general population, I like to push my heart rate up into the high 140s to low 150s, then let it recover to the mid 120s to 130, then take it back up again.

You need to modify that depending upon you age, fitness level, effects of any medication, etc.

If I am still not clear, please let me know.

Jim