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Metabolic Training: Not Just for Athletes Anymore

From the Show: Train Your Body
Summary: Is it possible to speed up your metabolism with training?
Air Date: 9/23/14
Duration: 10
Host: Melanie Cole, MS
Guest Bio: Michele Olson, PhD
OLSON-HeadShot 13 resizedDr. Michele Olson is a Professor of Exercise Physiology in the Department of Physical Education and Exercise Science at Auburn University Montgomery (AUM). Known internationally as THE Exercise Doctor, Dr. Olson has directed numerous research studies resulting in over 90 publications in peer-reviewed professional journals since coming to AUM. 

Dr. Olson is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine for outstanding service to research and is also an NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist. She heads the NSCA-ERP Exercise Science Program at AUM and well as being the director of the Scharff-Olson Kinesiology Laboratory.
Metabolic Training: Not Just for Athletes Anymore
You hear so much in the media today about how your metabolism is affected by exercise... if you're exercising, how much you're exercising, what kind of exercises you're doing.

Is it truly possible to speed up your metabolism with training?

It sure is.

Metabolic training is the best best way to get your body revved up and burning more calories than you ever thought possible.

But how do you get that metabolism up? What is, in essence, metabolic training?

And if you're not an athlete, can you still benefit from it?

Listen in as Dr. Michele Olson, Professor of Exercise Physiology, discusses metabolic training and how you too can rev up your engine and get things moving along.
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