Las Vegas Fit Camp

It's not your grandmother's walk around the block, but it works
says presenter and instructor at Las Vegas Fit Camp

"Short, quick-burst, sprinting types of exercise will be the next fitness trend,' says Phil Campbell, M.S., M.A. 51, a masters track & field athlete who is frequently quoted in fitness magazines. Campbell will be presenting and instructing during Greta Blackburn's annual Las Vegas Fit Camp September 8 – 11.

"New research discoveries show that the most effective form of exercise for adults, especially middle-age adults is anaerobic exercise,' says Campbell.

What is anaerobic exercise? It's not your grandmother's walk around the block. Anaerobic exercise is a step-up from the steady-pace cardio that's been the standard for years. It doesn't take as long, but it's more intense.

"Researchers show we can unleash exercise-induced growth hormone release with 10 to 30 seconds of higher intensities of exercise,' says Campbell. "The most powerful body-fat-cutting, muscle-toning, anti-aging substance known in science, growth hormone, is produced by the body with this type of exercise,' he explains.

Running, cycling, swimming, cross country skiing, and power walking can be made to be anaerobic if the intensity is raised to a level where it gets you "good-and-winded,' says Campbell. He recommends eight repetitions of some type of sprinting exercise lasting 10 to 30 seconds with a 1½ minute rest in-between.

If your favorite form of exercise is capable of getting you winded quickly, says Campbell, this is "anaerobic exercise' and capable of reaching the growth hormone release benchmarks cited in the research.

Cure for the middle-age spread?

The middle-age spread has an official name, "the somatopause.' And it's directly related to the way the body produces growth hormone, explains Campbell. The middle-age somatopause is signified by energy decline, weight-gain (around the middle, and hips), loss of muscle, and wrinkled skin after age 30.

Campbell says that exercising to release growth hormone is the natural way to beat the middle-age spread. However, he cautions that physician clearance is a must and a progressive build-up of high-intensity exercise is necessary to prevent injury. "Anaerobic exercise is the most beneficial form of exercise, but also the most dangerous.'

Will the next fitness fad be sprinting types of exercise Campbell describes? He says the trend is catching on fast, except "the Sprint 8 Workout isn't a fad because once people try it, they feel it, and know this program is the real deal!'


Greta Blackburn's Las Vegas Fit Camp

Greta Blackburn is considered by many as the top women's fitness innovator in the world. She uses notoriety as an actress, love of physical fitness, and her education in communications to bring the message of health and fitness to the people around the world.

Blackburn has been the Editor-In-Chief several Fitness Magazines and she is currently the founding Editor of Ms. Fitness Magazine. Ms. Fitness promotes physical fitness to women across the world and is "sister" to the widely televised Ms. Fitness USA specials. As a proponent and judge of these contests, Greta serves as an ambassador of health and fitness to females of all ages and backgrounds.

Blackburn has been called "The Most Glamorous Editor In The World", due in part to her appearances on "Entertainment Tonight", "EXTRA", "Hard Copy", "Good Day LA", "Terry Bradshaw's Home Team", "The Home and Family Show", "Crook & Chase" and dozens of other television and radio shows. She appears this season as the health and fitness expert for the Home & Garden Channels "Smart Solutions". She is a triathlete and also has a green belt in Tae Kwon Do.

Greta Blackburn's FITCAMPS take place in Malibu, Las Vegas, Maui, Mexico, Canada & Australia and serve as training symposiums for fitness professionals and other interested men and women from all over the world. Seminars include information on the hottest training tips, nutrition, disease prevention, longevity and other valuable health topics.

To hear Phil Campbell presentations and instruction, call visit www.fitcamp.com/vegas.htm or contact Las Vegas Fit Camp for more information.

More info on Phil Campbell: www.ReadySetGofitness.com

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Several new studies published on the National Institutes of Health Website cited by Campbell in his presentation.
"The exercise-induced secretion of GH plays a significant role in the regulation of fatty acid metabolism.'
("Acute exposure to GH during exercise stimulates the turnover of free fatty acids in GH-deficient men,' Kanaley JA,
J. Applied Physiology 2003 Oct 31)
NIH Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14594860&dopt=Abstract

"Aging is often associated with a progressive decrease in the volume and, especially, the intensity of exercise. A growing body of evidence suggests that higher intensity exercise is effective in eliciting beneficial health, well-being and training outcomes. In a great many cases, the impact of some of the deleterious effects of aging could be reduced if exercise focused on promoting exercise produced growth hormone,'
("The exercise-induced growth hormone response in athletes,' Godfrey, Sports Med. 2003 ;33(8):599-613.2003)
NIH link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12797841&dopt=Abstract