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There are two distinct methods to increase calorie consumption through exercise. The one method that is known by most people is to engage in long duration repetitive motion work. The other method is to increase muscle metabolism. A pound of muscle can metabolize an average of about 55 calories per 24 hours but it will not do that unless stimulated to do so. The muscles can be stimulated to metabolize by stretching them under resistance. The larger the range of motion of the exercise, the larger the amount of muscle cells stimulated. That is exactly what happens during Yoga or Pilates exercise, stretching under resistance through long ranges of motion. People who practice yoga on a regular basis will always be lean. If you find a fat person who professes to do yoga on a regular basis, you found a liar who is talking yoga and who does not practice it. Most yoga practitioners are also vegetarians, but that is not the reason why they are lean. There are many fat vegetarians, but those fat vegetarians do not practice yoga. Practicing yoga or Pilates requires many hours per week and therefore it is as impractical for the average public as 30 to 90 minute exercise routines. The ROM is the 4 minute solution to stretch all your muscles through long ranges of motion and in addition it increases muscle strength and it yields significant cardio benefits. Below is a comparison of calories burned during and after exercise from a 60 minute treadmill workout and from a 4 minute ROM workout:

This is an article from a Jacksonville paper. Even when the experts say it can’t work, it works

Four Minute Workout

Created: 11/14/2007 7:16:38 AM Updated: 11/14/2007 2:36:36 PM

JACKSONVILLE, FL — A four minute workout sounds too good to be true. But the makers of the ROM (Range of Motion) machine say it is possible.

The machine is made up of two parts. The upper body workout resembles a rowing machine but with resistance in both directions. The lower body workout looks like a stair stepper but you stretch much more than on a typical machine.

The big question is how can you get a good workout in 4 minutes? The company’s web site says the time required for an effective cardio-vascular exercise depends on the degree of oxygen consumption during the workout.

Fitness experts at Jacksonville’s Hit Center say there is some science behind that statement.

“Every liter of oxygen you use for exercise is five calories burned,” says Aaron Marston, Executive Director of Jacksonville’s Hit Center. “So regardless of what exercise, it all comes down to the amount of oxygen you use.”

The makers of the ROM claim users work so hard that they use as much oxygen in four minutes that people use working out in a normal 30 to 45 minute workout.

But Marston says that isn’t likely. “Even an elite athlete with a high amount of lean muscle weight is only going to be able to burn 80 to 100 calories in that time.”

(Insert from Quick Gym. True. It’s the results after the workout not during the workout that makes this possible).

However, the ROM does appeal to people who are extremely busy. Galen Bauer often works 80 hours a week as a lawyer. And his busy day doesn’t stop there.

“I have a wife and a baby at home and a house to take care of, so when you get home there’s lots of other stuff to do,” says Bauer. “That doesn’t leave time for working out.”

So Bauer decided to try a friend’s ROM and do the four minute exercise everyday for two weeks.

After trying the machine he says the workout is ten times harder than any exercise he had done before.

“There’s resistance in both directions,” says Bauer. That resistance really starts to wear a person down in the four minutes on the machine. “You really have to push down hard on the pedals to get them to move,” says Bauer.

He felt the impact immediately after getting off the machine. “It feels right now like I got more than a normal workout because it’s hard to breathe,” said Bauer. “My legs hurt already and I’m sweating in only 4 minutes.”

But Galen says he had some concerns about the workout too. “For the next hour after the workout you feel your body is trying to catch up,” says Bauer. “And I wonder if that is healthy.”

By Julia Crowley First Coast News

He also says you can not go right back to work after the exercise. “If you’ve done the workout with an honest effort then you are sweating,” says Bauer. “Then it takes time to cool down and catch your breathe. You can’t just answer the phone four minutes later.”

(Insert from Quick Gym. Our fitness club is cool enough that no matter how hard you work, once you get accustomed to the workout, a week or two, 98% of our members do go right to work. Try that after being on a tread mill lolly gaging as most people do).

BUT HE DID GET RESULTS WITH THE ROM. In two weeks he worked a total of 56 minutes in all. And he lost 8 pounds in that time.

(Insert from Quick Gym. In 3 weeks we have members take up their belts as much as 6 inches).

The machine does come with a hefty price tag. New 14,615.00. People who have used the machine told First Coast News that it is worth the money.

(Insert here from Quick Gym. Just consider the money you will save on medical bills because of the health benefits of exercise and the price is cheap. At Quick Gym we get used one and are able to save purchasers as much as 6k sometimes.)

But Bauer says it’s a big commitment. “That is a big investment and I don’t know if I would stay committed to the workout long enough to pay off the investment.,” says Bauer.

(Insert here from Quick Gym. Commitment is required. You have to use it to get results but with only 4 minutes a day statistics show that 95% of people stay committed to exercising, while 93% of people stop going to the primitive gyms or stop using the premitive home equipment in the first 90 days).