Fusion Exercise: A Growing Trend. Part 2

Another personal trainer who is a proponent of fusion exercise is former American Heart Association Lifestyle Change Award winner Dave Mellish.

Fusion exercise changed Mellish’s life after gaining a colossal amount of weight. After Mellish graduated college and ended his football career, he became less active and found himself at 363 pounds and 43 percent body fat at age 34. If he continued his current lifestyle, it was possible that he could die in less than 30 years according to doctors. Mellish began fusion training and six marathons later, he had lost over 150 pounds and was down to 9.1% body fat.

“I had gained a lot of weight and I decided I needed to make a lifestyle change,” Mellish said. “This new revolutionary approach really excited me. When I was playing football, working out meant doing 10 reps on the bench and then walking around for five minutes before doing it again. Not only is that boring but it is also not very effective.”

Mellish often implements a different kind of fusion exercise called rope exercise into his training. Rope exercise involves picking up a large heavy rope and swinging it in a variety of different ways in order to engage many different muscles in the body including biceps, abs, shoulders, triceps, back and chest while at the same time implementing intense cardiovascular activity.

“I needed a new way to work cardio in after my back started bothering me,” Mellish said. “The ropes gave me the same kind of a runners high from a cardio perspective. I just started messing around with them and lost 25 pounds in a couple months. They also cover all sorts of muscle groups.”

It is no secret why more and more clients flock to Mellish every month. People love the fact that one piece of equipment as simple as a large rope can give them a workout unlike anything they could ever experience running or standardly lifting weights.

Lori Clements is a client of Mellish and Metcalf and got hooked on fusion right when she began training with them.

“I have had the opportunity to train with Bruce two to three times a week and not only lost weight but reduced my body fat by 9 percent,” Clements said. “Bruce creates whole body workouts that increase your heart rate while strengthening multiple muscle groups simultaneously. He makes it his mission to never repeat the same workout twice.”

Clements, like countless other people that have gotten hooked on fusion exercise, enjoys the time flexibility aspect of the workouts. To reap the same benefits of partaking in fusion exercise twice or three times per week, one would have to go to the gym on their own five or six times per week.

One can also workout for shorter amounts of time because of the raise in the level of intensity that fusion exercise provides. Legan illustrated this simply.

“I feel much better after 15 minutes with Bruce and Dave than an hour workout of my own,” Legan said. “Working out on my own is great but working out with trainers who implement fusion training does wonders to your body.”

This is a big reason busy, active people are especially getting into this trend. They can workout for a half hour and still have an intense, productive session.

It is no secret why this trend is gaining so much popularity. Workouts are more productive, time efficient and just plain fun compared to standard exercise. Expect to see this fitness trend only grow in the future.