Frequently Asked Questions
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Of course. People tend to not like cardio because it’s hard, so they don’t do it. Each person’s heart is the most important muscle in everyone’s body, and doing cardio properly will keep the heart healthy.
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No
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It can help tip the calorie balance. Also when the intensity is low-to-moderate, you are utilizing predominantly stored body fat.
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Short term interval training burns more calories (no more than 30 minutes) but it’s not the healthiest cardio to do frequently.
Easier intensity but longer duration is recommended, for frequent training, and it would burn more anyway.
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It is best to do it 3 times a week for 30 minutes to start with. Example every 2nd day
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It can make muscle gain more challenging. You need a tailored approach for your needs and goals.
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Makes it difficult but if you periodize your training, and cut cardio down to maintenance level, then when you’ve built enough muscle, you can increase your cardio effort whilst maintaining muscle.
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Depends on how sick you are. If symptoms are from neck up, you can train at 75% or less of your maximum. But if the illness is from the chest or neck below, you shouldn’t be training at all.
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Definitely. Many people prefer the Muay Thai cardio to traditional methods.
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It can help, but getting ripped is mostly to do with your dieting.
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Highly likely, but it depends on your diet and your general healthy lifestyle or lack of.
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Yes they are.
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No, definitely not. They are two very different training methods, but they can be complementary.
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Yes it is. Burning calories but you burn less calories. But if you build lean muscle, that increases your metabolism, which helps to burn more calories
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It is yes, but in a different way to cardio.
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Yes, because of increased lean muscle mass and from the activity
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You don’t need a lot of general functional strength unless you’re playing competitive sport. It makes life a lot easier in day-to-day tasks, and also helps prevent injuries. Someone’s typical lifestyle will most likely create some kind of muscle imbalance, so strength training can be a useful way to counteract that imbalance
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Beginners need to have a balance between movements. They need to do what their body can do. They need to learn proper technique. If you don’t have a personal trainer, you’re going to need to do some of your own research from reputable sources of information.
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They are both completely different. Weight training is generally for strength and muscle development. Interval training is anaerobic conditioning, so it is a high intensity cardio workout.
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Both are completely different training methods with different purposes. I’m a huge fan of doing both. They can complement eachother. Each offers different benefits. They can work against eachother too but it depends how its done
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Yes definitely. Heaps of our clients came with us for the mental health benefits.
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Yes, if you’re picking a trainer that suits your needs and goals. Some trainers are good with cardio and endurance, and others are excellent in bodybuilding and body composition.
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That can vary heaps. What we do is find out what you are willing/ready/able to do. We test your functional movement ability. Then we set all our training to what specifically suits your willingness, body’s ability and readiness.
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If you actually want to make progress with your health and fitness, if you’re struggling with being kept accountable, if you’re getting sick often, or feeling generally unhealthy and exhausted. Also if you want to achieve a higher level of competitiveness, a personal trainer would definitely be beneficial.
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