Have you ever heard of “catecholamines”?
If not, that’s OK. I hadn’t either until recently.
Catecholamines are incredibly important for your body as they break down fat stores and burn them up as energy both during and after your workouts.
And what’s great about this, is producing these powerful hormones isn’t as hard as you think…
In fact, it’s as easy as strategically activating more muscles in your workouts through the right kind of exercise sequences.
According to one study, researchers found that “short, fast workouts” can increase muscle activation by up to 80%…
…Which led to “the blood being flooded with catecholamines and breaking down fat stores in the body.”
In comparison, the second group in the study that just cycled for 40-minutes, did NOT see a rise in catecholamines much at all.
In fact, during the cycling period, participants only saw 20% muscle activation compared to the group that focused on short, fast exercises which saw 80% muscle activation.
As you can see… short, fast movements are what will drastically increase your muscle activation leading to your body focusing more on burning FAT.
Just for a second… Imagine yourself doing burpees…
639 muscles being activated.
Breathing heavy by rep 10.
Sweat dripping by minute 2…
Brutal, right?
Now imagine yourself doing a sit-up.
Your abs may be burning… But not much else…
Now let me ask you…
Which exercise do you think burns more calories and activates more muscles?
If you said burpees, you’d be correct.
This of course is just a simple example of why focusing on the RIGHT exercises is so important when trying to see rapid results.
Not only will you burn more calories, you will also produce more positive fat burning hormones, like catecholamines, leading to faster fat burning.
Now, muscle activation is only part of the equation when trying to drastically increase your fat burning in the shortest period of time. Contact Shashido Enterprises for the rest of the equation…they will assist you achieve your goals!
Here’s to activating MORE muscles and burning more fat.
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