Low Impact, High Intensity

What does it mean for a workout to be low impact? Does intensity matter?

These are common and important questions, so let’s clear them up.

Low impact means low joint impact.

High joint impact activities include running, jumping, and certain forms of weightlifting. While some impact on the joints can make them stronger, there is sweet spot, a threshold, as high impact activities can wear the joints down over time “insert statistic here”

We need strong joints. “insert statistic here”

Intensity matters.

Higher intensity workouts create a bigger stimulus in both your heart (cardiac muscle), as well as your skeletal muscles (like the ones you feel burning in those spicy lunges) “insert stat”

The biggest indicator of having a long lifespan, and even more importantly, a long health span (how long you live without disease), is having a strong heart. Not to get grim on you, but heart disease is the number one cause of death in the United States. The heart responds to regular cardiovascular stimulation by growing larger and becoming more efficient at pumping blood - meaning it can better deliver all the nutrients and oxygen in your blood to the rest of your body. “insert stats”

Studies also show that muscles become stronger the closer we work them to failure. The only way to get close to muscular failure is to work at a high intensity.

This is where Lagree comes in.

It is unique in its way of impacting the joints - it’s just the right amount to produce stronger joints and in turn, increased mobility, without wearing them down over time, and yet it doesn’t sacrifice intensity. Most low impact activites are also low intensity, which produces lower results over time in both strength and mobility. In Lagree, you get the benefits of a high-intensity workout, without compromising your joints.