The concept of Neuro Fat Loss and Fitness came to my attention very recently. At first I thought: “What?!?”
But then I discussed this topic with an expert who specifically works with his training clients with this specific method. His name is Dr. Kareem Samhouri and as a trainer who is also a Doctor of Physical Therapy he knows all about Neural Fitness and Fat Loss. Through these discussions I learned more about this concept and how it works.
Neural Fitness is achieved when you improve your body’s communication with the central nervous system. Actually, every muscle contraction you do during your workout routines happens due to a neural signal that’s relayed from your nervous system to your muscles. What neural fitness does is help to make these signals stronger, clearer, and more efficient.
This may be a bit abstract and difficult to understand so here’s a way to understand this: think of a water pipeline, the broader the pipe the easier and faster water flows through it. Our nervous system works in a similar way. Just replace water with neurological signals. The better your body can communicate with your nervous system, the better the neuro signals flow to your muscles and the better contraction you get for the same effort. This also helps you achieve a better and faster fat loss. It may even help you avoid plateaus or break through them.
You may be wandering why some people find it harder to achieve this neural fitness. There are all sorts of reasons such as misplaced joints positions, bad alignment of muscles, imbalanced muscle development, injuries, inactivity, and so on. Let’s just say that the modern lifestyle doesn’t always help us to maintain the best health.
This is where our workouts come in. We need to make sure our workouts help to improve our neural fat loss capabilities. This can be done in a few different ways:
- Multi-directional movements – Make sure that your workouts include exercises with forward, backward, rotational and complex movements.
- Work in a balanced way on opposite muscles so you don’t create imbalances in your body and hurt your posture.
- Workout at various speeds and intensities to train the body in diverse ways.
- Work on your bigger muscle groups first and foremost and only then work on your extremities. A stronger trunk is a key to correct muscle development.
If you do all this, you have a great chance of improving your workouts, burning more fat, and getting lean and fit in a hurry.
