Charleston Personal Trainer Kyle Radaker, M.S.

uses Metabolic Efficiency Testing to

Provide Charleston's Leading Personal Training Programs

for Effective Weight Loss, Increased Fitness and Improved Performance

STEP 1: Metabolic Efficiency Test, Charleston, SC -The single most important consideration in determining how to create a personal fitness training program that will work for YOU is an assessment of YOUR metabolism. I am the original provider of Charleston Metabolic Efficiency Testing - a fitness test including resting metabolic rate combined with VO2 test technology to determine YOUR unique metabolism and dietary needs. For more information about a Charleston Metabolic Efficiency Test and Metabolic Profile Assessments using Metabolic Rate and VO2 Max Testing based in Charleston and Mount Pleasant, SC....

So what exactly is metabolism and why does it matter?

Understanding Nutrition / Caloric Needs: Simply stated, metabolism is the process of breaking food down into the energy your body needs to keep you alive as well as the energy you burn during daily lifestyle and activity. This is where most people come up with the idea that if you simply eat fewer calories than you burn, you'll lose weight. The problem is that the weight you lose in the long run won't be from fat! Stay tuned, this is where it gets a bit tricky...

Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) (Synonomous to Basal Metabolic Rate) is the amount of energy burned at rest! The energy burned at rest is used for the functioning of the vital organs, such as the brain, heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, MUSCLES and skin.

Knowing the precise amount of calories YOUR body "burns" per day at REST

is the first "secret" in putting together a successful eating program.

The goal is NOT to determine the amount of calories you SHOULDN'T EAT, its to determine the amount of calories you MUST eat! Resting Metabolic Rate tells us how many calories we need per day just to survive! It makes perfect sense when you think about it, doesn't it? Otherwise, why not just stop eating altogether until you achieve your desired weight? The answer is because we need to eat to live. And in the case of effective weight loss coupled with precision personal fitness training programming, its not enough to simply eat to survive-you must eat to thrive! (By the way, have you ever considered the first three letters in the word diet?

D-I-E...)

HINT: Increasing the amount of lean muscle mass on the body and supporting performance requires more quality energy coming IN to the body through the foods we eat.

STEP 2: Personal Fitness Training, Charleston, SC -Develop Precision Personal Fitness Training Programming based upon YOUR unique metabolism and physiology. Once we determine metabolic needs, we get to work on how to BUILD "lean" muscle and BURN FAT OFF YOUR BODY! For more information on how to integrate a Charleston Personal Trainer with Charleston Indoor Cycling and a Charleston Triathlon Coach based in Charleston and Mount Pleasant, SC go to TEMPO Indoor Cycling.

This is a two dimensional process which MUST INCLUDE

Resistance Training AND Integrative Cardio Training

Creating a training program that "keeps your body guessing" and prevents muscles from getting used to work loads through a variety of training modalities has recently been coined as "muscle confusion." While the phrase is new, the concept is not! Periodization Programming is a process that accounts for an individual's short term and long term goals, training schedule and the need to create variation throughout a training program. Knowing when to focus on training volume and/or training intensity is one such key to YOUR success.

STEP 3:  Indoor Cycling and Endurance Training, Charleston, SC - Now that you understand that your body REQUIRES a certain amount of energy per day (through the foods you eat) to survive, let alone THRIVE, we need to get back to the main point, METABOLISM! While it is true you need to burn more calories than you consume, you have learned the answer is NOT to eat less - the answer is to BURN MORE - And burning more FAT starts with Understanding PROPER Training Intensities:

Knowing the precise amount of calories YOUR body "burns" per day through

exercise at varying levels of intensity is the next "secret" in putting together

Integrative Cardio Training Programming!

Then, and ONLY then, can you determine

how many calories YOU NEED TO EAT per day based upon YOUR metabolism and YOUR goal!

HINT:  Calories Burned at REST + Calories Burned for Training = Daily REQUIRED Calories

AND...

Daily REQUIRED Calories - Calories Burned at PROPER Cardio Training Intensities = FAT LOSS

REMEMBER...DON'T "Eat Less"...BURN MORE!

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