Thanks to The Washington Post for choosing to feature us in an article that helps spread the message about Slow Motion Strength Training and its amazing results associated with this scientifically proven method.
According to the article, the
Slow-motion strength training
studios feel less like a gym and more like a physical therapist’s office. These
training studios offer clients more of a personal training in a quiet,
no-frills space filled with Nautilus equipment. It's a complete workout in just
two short sessions per week.
The article features the high-intensity, low-impact program
known as "slow-motion strength training". It means that gradually
lifting and releasing weights without the aid of rest or momentum brings
muscles to exhaustion (muscle success). It is extremely difficult but it’s
also only a total of 20 minutes per session.
Though The Perfect Workout, a California-based outfit
founded in 1999, is new to the East Coast, the Slow-motion strength training
concept isn’t. The Perfect Workout system cites principles outlined just over
30 years ago by fitness professional Ken Hutchins. In slowing down
movements to safely train women with osteoporosis, Hutchins concluded that the
technique builds muscle more effectively than conventional weight training.
However, the effectiveness of slow-motion strength training
depends on the individual, according to Lee Jordan, a spokesman for the
American Council on Exercise. But, it offers a broad range of people a safe and
viable program. Like high-intensity interval training, Jordan says, it seeks to
remove the top barrier to exercise, which is time. Unlike high-intensity
interval training (“by its very nature, it’s extreme,” Jordan says),
slow-motion strength training is accessible to anyone.
It also talks about the benefits and the good practices of
slow-motion strength training. According to the article, practitioners of
slow-motion strength training also satisfy their need for cardiovascular
activity. The key to an exercise routine is sticking to that routine. And The
Perfect Workout's clients say this program works. Clients love to
hate slow-motion strength training but they keep coming back because they
get results. Slow-motion strength training practitioners also often report
better body composition plus lower blood sugar and cholesterol.
Although slow-motion strength training may not be sexiest or
trendiest, it gets the job done quicker and safer. Moreover, many clients of an
advanced age love the safety along with the added bone strength that
slow-motion strength training offers. Lastly, slow-motion training sessions
come in several convenient packages. Some packages even help reduce
osteoporosis and Type 2 Diabetes.
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