Others tell you: Just go for it
1 January 2014 Author: Peter Rana
Coaches and athletes acknowledge that traditional strength training can increase muscular strength and endurance. But the truth is, “just going for it” without adequate supervision will deliver less than half the strength results.
This was confirmed in a joint research project involving Arthur Jones, inventor of the Nautilus® and MedX® strength training machines used by BodyTech, and the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York*. It found that supervised high intensity strength training on Jones’ machines delivered almost 60% more strength than unsupervised! Cardiovascular and flexibility results were equally impressive.
Which means unsupervised and improperly performed strength training could be selling you short.
Supervision is the difference.
The combination of our scientifically designed MedX® strength machines and quality supervision makes BodyTech’s supervised high intensity strength training (Supervised HIT™) – the best strength and conditioning programme available.
Quality supervision ensures strength exercises are performed properly, with maximum effort, meaningful weight loads and only brief rest periods between them, safely delivering:
- Up to 58.4% more strength than from traditional or circuit strength training
- Greater than 10% improvement in flexibility compared to traditional stretching
- More than 4x improvement in cardiovascular endurance compared to steady state running of equal duration and frequency
- In six weeks lose 1.5kg of fat and regain 1kg of muscle.
- In short, better results faster from just three 30-minute workouts a week. And that’s the truth.
* Peterson, James A. (editor). Total Fitness: The Nautilus Way. West Point, New York: Leisure Press, 1978.
