Spinning For Fat Loss?
Q: Clance, Why don’t you like spinning for fat loss? Spinning is high speed, low tension, and high repetition exercise with out eccentric loading. This is tiring work, which gives perception by depleting calcium pump at the neuromuscular junction without inroad into hormonal levels that are necessary for metabolic changes. Spinning will likely do [...]
Women Should Lift Heavy!
Q: Clance, One of my female friends just attended your Strength Training for Women seminar and she said, ”It was great!” She also told me you said, if women do not want to bulk up, they should lift heavy weights. A: When I tell women they should lift heavy, they look at me like I am crazy. It’s [...]
Advantages of Interval Training for Sport
Q: My name is Ted Evans and I was a three time OFSAA champion in wrestling. While I was wrestling I did a lot of running when I could. However, when I couldn’t get out to team practice or run because I worked after school, I would use my job lugging boxes and stacking skids as fast [...]
What Is Lean?
Q: “Hello, my name is Kaven Daley, I am 26 years old and have been working out for about 3 years. I am pretty satisfied with my progress so far as I’ve leaned down and put on quite a bit of muscle, but I can’t seem to loose that pudge around my belly and sides [...]
Stay away from “steady – state “cardio
Q: Clance, while reading one of the questions on your website, I noticed that you stated that one should not do steady state cardio. What exactly do you mean by “steady-state” cardio? And why should one stay away from it” Update on Friday, November 21, 2008 at 10:58AM by Laylor Peformance Systems A: Steady state [...]
Now that I’m older, I don’t know what works…
Hi Clance, I’ve been working out for years and now that I’m older, I don’t know what works for me these days. I’m trying to lose weight. I’m in the gym several days a week. I do about 30 minutes on the treadmill, 15 minutes on the bike along with set ups, and free weights [...]
Working out 6 days but slimming down?!
Okay so my boyfriend is working out 6 days a week and he is really lean and strong but he his slimming down? What can I do to help him get big? Like thick? What foods??? Hi Safiya, 1. If he is doing cardio tell him to stop! 2. Protein intake for the day should [...]
Cardio Is Bunk
For the last 30 years experts have been convincing men that distance training is the best way to stay in shape. Turns out there may be a better way. By Grant Davis Unless you’re training for a marathon, bike race, or triathlon,” says Rodolpho “Rudy” Reyes, “cardio is an inefficient waste of a guy’s [...]
How To Walk Off The Belly Fat
Story Highlights Adding bounding, jumping, and skipping moves will pump the intensity walking on hills can burn lots of calories and fat alternate moderately paced walking with short, faster-paced intervals. By Tracy Teare Sure, you know walking is good exercise. But here’s something you might not realize: You can give your waistline (and other body [...]
Training With The Kili Ladies
by Clance Laylor Recently, Laylor Performance Systems had the honor to take part in the training of 6 amazing women who were preparing to climb Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa. ëWow!í That was my reaction when I heard of this incredible feat. What were these ladies thinking?! After consulting them, I had found out. [...]