The Slow-Speed Secret

Despite its growing popularity, Slow-Speed Exercise continues to be overshadowed by more traditional training methods, many of which can be high-impact, high-volume and simply not intense enough to adequately stimulate all the body’s adaptive mechanisms. The long-term consequences of such activities may include muscle loss, joint degeneration, orthopedic injuries, and overall fatigue just to name a few.

Only Slow-Speed Strength Training can safely provide complete fitness improvements!

Slow-Speed Exercise is a form of circuit strength training that satisfies the two essential elements of safe and effective exercise:

1. Proper technique (low-impact)
2. Demanding in nature (high-intensity)

Proper Technique

The safety and overall effectiveness of an exercise absolutely depend upon the speed of movement:

1. Since safety is affected by force, and force by acceleration, and acceleration by the suddenness of starting, stopping, or changing the direction of movement, slower means safer.
2. Since momentum builds with increasing speed, and since momentum unloads the muscles we are trying to load for exercise, slower means better muscular loading and overall stimulation.

The specialized equipment utilized at AFFL is very low-friction and ideal for performing slow, controlled movements, thus providing optimal results in a minimum amount of time.

Demanding in Nature

Exercise is simply a form of stress placed upon the body. In order to stimulate optimal results, exercise must be demanding in nature, essentially giving the body a reason to have to adapt and improve its condition. The body is a very economical machine that will perform this process only if the demand is greater than any previously experienced. Progressive resistance strength training is the most effective method of placing increasingly greater demands on the body. Using carefully selected exercises, the amount of resistance can be safely monitored and gradually increased. People of all ages and experience levels are quite capable of exercising in this manner.

Summary of Slow-Speed Exercise Health Benefits 1.   Improved muscular strength & endurance – AFFL exercise efficiently fatigues the muscular system, providing deep muscle stimulation and thus optimal results. 2.   Improved body composition – effective, long-lasting fat loss depends upon proper diet and physically demanding exercise. AFFL provides the necessary nutritional guidance and high-intensity/low-impact training needed to develop a healthy body composition. 3.   Improved bone strength – the tendons and ligaments that attach to hard working muscles and bones also adapt and get stronger. The bones that support these tissues, as well as function as the levers for movement will become more dense and resistant to degenerative diseases like osteoporosis. 4.   Improved cardiovascular fitness – the heart and lungs respond to the demands of muscle fatigue by accelerating their output. This effectively conditions the cardiovascular system to become more efficient. 5.  Injury resistance – a stronger musculoskeletal system will undoubtedly help the body resist injury and facilitate a faster recovery from accident, illness, or surgery.

Recommended Reading

The following best sellers have been written on the AFSS style of training. In addition, many celebrities including Barbara Walters and Leslie Stahl of ABC NEWS support it because of its effectiveness and time efficiency.