[jeremiahlyons]

Anyone doing the fat burning furnace? I am down 22 pounds in 6 weeks on that program. Anyone else have success stories? Anyone doing anything different?

I have been loosing about 3 pounds a week pretty consistently, but I have found my body starting to get used to the weight lifting routines. I started doing a small change where I pump as much lactic acid into my muscles as possible on a second drop set, and I lost over 4 pounds last week! I will definitely be working in a lactic acid set in between regular lifting sets from now on.

[Lydia227]

I've only just begun looking into this style of lifting, not necessarily based upon Fat Burning Furnace. Lactic Acid training or Inverted Tempo Training, where you lift slowly (concentric four counts) and lower quickly (eccentric one count) right?

My challenge is rewiring my thinking during the rep tempo.

I have read that it's increases the body's ability to produce and release growth hormones, increase insulin resistance, metabolic rate, and muscle growth. Who could argue with that?

So few people actually do this type of training in the gym. It's going to be one of those scenarios where I'm doing this and the regulars look at me like "she's so misguided...what is she doing now!"

Let us know how the program works for you as you continue. I'm going to throw in a few sessions to see what it feels like on Monday. Just curious if it feels more effective without increasing my current volume of work.

[jeremiahlyons]

Lactic acid training is similar to what FBF teaches, but FBF emphasizes slow lifting and slow lowering. I have been getting some final phase fat loss updates from John Romaniello that are very interesting that talk about lactic acid training. I have to admit I tried this workout with my regular routine and was very tired at the end of my last workout, and my calves were killing me the next day, but I wasn't as sore as I had anticipated being in the rest of my body. Hopefully I produced lots of lactic acid, and GH along the way. I will hit the scales at the gym tonight to see if I made any progress after a couple days of recovery.

I know what you mean about the stares, I am sure there were a few people giving me strange looks with my slow lifts and quick drops the other day. It's so counter-intuitive from what has become the standard style of lifting. The thing that I have come to realize is that a combination of different styles of lifting is very affective in getting great results.

The Lactic acid lifting is a bit of a shift, 4-6 seconds per lift seems like an eternity when your muscles are screaming at you. You definitely want to drop the weight down about 30% from what you normally lift.

From what John Romaniello is saying, dynamic lifting is more effective at improving your insulin resistance and producing igf-1 in your body. For me, I think having intense short (45 minute) workouts, and changing my lifting style is what I am going to focus on in the next month.

So far FBF has given me a great foundation to build on, I have seen great results, and hope to keep them coming by adding in some of these other methods.