‘The way to go is very slow with strength training Es clients up to speed on the prin ples of strength training, Matt Hedman has some timely advice: slow down. To his way of thinking, Enigead eat onsen es ees tae 2 le ogee eh ee Lenina aiee em ance cael aes ae Instead of letting momentum help carry you through the repetitions, you're taking 10 seconds to Bar eer ey ae eesneenay ecg aad the cane Ror Hota ae ee ae a one ‘Think of doing five push-ups TaEPpikiA | atyournormal speed. Then try KEEPING | dilnttesame rc pashns Ar Srechtoee cane seconds down, You won't das many. You won't need o. JACK WILLIAMS | Hedman, who opened The Perfect Workout last May in La Jolla is certified as a master teacher of SuperSlow, a trademarked method of, ‘weight training whose origins date to 1970. That's when engineering guru Arthur Jones founded Naw tilus, arevolutionary concept in variable-resistance ‘weight machines. Inthe mid-1980s, slow, safe repetitions were used to determine the effects of weight training on wom cen suffering from osteoporosis in research atthe University of Florida, And in 1992, Ken Hutchins wrote “SuperSiow: ‘The Ultimate Exercise Protocol” and founded the SuperSlow Training Guild to promote the philoso- phy and train instructors. Hedman, who embraced the discipline shortly thereafter, is one of more than 200 certified SuperSlow trainers worldwide. Monday March 27, 2000 in The San Diego Union Tribune No ‘piece of cake’ Disdaining conventional wisdom about the num- berof ects and repttions required, SopesSlow pr ponents cuphasoe intensity and trpe, Bt las man’s clients, who pay anywhere from $38 to $55 for minutes ofoneomone notwction, usually are pate rea | with burning fat than building "Most wind up doing both with litle dietary ‘modification. Among them: Jim Zoll, 53, superintendent of the Julian Union High School District. Since last Au- gust, his weight has dropped from 240 pounds to Bid Hes added more than ahalfinch to his biceps and reduced his waist size by more than 3 inches. And he’s doubled hisleg strength. “I thought this was going to be a piece of cake he said “A minute workout? Fa been iting eight for dO years ‘By the time he was 1O minutes into his fst Su perSlow workout, Zoll was crying for mercy. “Tthoaght was gonna dic” he sid “The challenge isthe slowness and the constant pee T'm completely exhausted when I'm Instead of doing three sets of wp to 12 repetitions, as in his pre-SuperSlow days, Zoll tries to complete fverepe without resting ‘To help with weight loss, Zoll also bikes and jogs. ‘Three dress sizes Another SuperSlow client, a -year-old college professor who asked that her name not be publish: ¢, got hooked on the method when she began tak- inglases rom Hedman in 1888 a 24 Hour Fie ‘Alter Hedman opened his own studio, she contn- ued a program that has seen her lose three dress sizes and quadruple her leg strength. “Hound myself getting stronger on a weekly ba- sis," she sai, “For females it's the maximum toning ‘we can get inthe least amount of time.” ‘As fr fat loss, SuperSlow proponents argue that there's nothing better than hightintensity weight training combined with a moderate reduction in cak ‘The research is limited here. But everyone agrees on one thing: The more muscle you have, the more calories your body will burn Hedman doesn't record clients body fat, he said, because he doesn trust percentages made from skinfold measurements. Instead, he compares be- fore and after skinfold measurements: How inany inches you can pinch, In Zoll'scase, he's Seen a reduetion of 30 percent since August. “Now look ike fm 20 again,” he sai. Hedman’s SuperSiow studio is at 7730 Herschel Ave. Suite K. He can he reached at (858) 729-001 Jack Willams canbe reached at (619) 253-368; by fx at 619) 233-1896; or by e-mall at: jack liam @uniontni.com.