Variety affects how quickly and efficiently your body is adapting to stress, allowing you to better process, and it's affecting the epigenome. "HIIT intervals are great and resistance training will help, but variety is very important. "When it comes to exercise, I'm looking at how you're going to maximize stress adaptation-and that's with intensity," she says. You will be able to work into a greater range of motion. Personally I feel that you can stretch this out over longer than a month and see better results, because your form on each level will improve the more you do it. If you want results in one month, move up a level each week. Michaels' new book is all about unlocking your genetic potential, and so she credits metabolic circuit training with not only optimizing the way we train, but subsequently the way we age, as well. There are four workout levels that you can progress through. "Metabolic circuit training is when you're combining very high-intensity techniques in order to amp up the results-you've got HIIT intervals mixed with weight training, and the idea is really that you're combining for the most metabolic form of fitness that there is," says Michaels, who also notes that it's equally important to do these intervals with very little rest between exercises. Ive not done any of her workouts before, or her DVDs.
I downloaded her app and am not sure whether to go for the Slim 60 plan or the Bikini Body one. I think it would be a great idea for you to start with Jillian Michael and then eventually once you drop some pounds and are in better shape for cardio, buy insanity and do that. Essentially, it's an integration of strength training, circuits, and HIIT, but it's specifically tailored to rev up your metabolism so that you're benefitting your entire body in a myriad of ways. Which Jillian Michaels workout (17 Posts) Add message Report. I will say that Jillian Michaels body revolution is tough and a great workout, but its no where near the insanity of insanity.