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interval training

n
(Athletics (Track & Field)) a method of athletic training using alternate sprinting and jogging. Also called: fartlek
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Therefore the aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of resistance interval training as compared to aerobic interval training on peak VO2, in patients with MI.
Five months later, Hiiragi posted a photo of himself having dramatically lost weight and gained significant definition with his musculature, allegedly after only having done four minutes of high-intensity interval training per day.
You know you should be doing it - and that there's usually a connection between skipping a stretching session and some of those painful twinges you feel the day after a full-body high-intensity interval training (HIIT) class.
The study, published in The Journal of Physiology, investigated a home-based high-intensity interval training (Home-HIT) programme and studied its benefits for clinically obese individuals with an elevated risk of heart disease.
Is interval training the magic bullet for fat loss?
It found that three months of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) improved heart function in adults with type 2 diabetes, without any change in medications or diet.
Interval training may shed more pounds than a continuous workout at the same level of effort, says the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
Low-volume high-intensity interval training (LV-HIIT) is considered a practical and tolerable protocol for healthy and clinical populations (Gibala et al., 2012).
class="MsoNormalI have written many times about the health, fitness and brevity benefits of high-intensity interval training, which typically involves a few minutes or even seconds of strenuous exertion followed by a period of rest, with the sequence repeated multiple times.
Science and Application of High-Intensity Interval Training: Solutions to the Programming Puzzle
The app features workouts that can be done at home or at the gym, such as HIIT (high-intensity interval training), boxing and yoga.
You've probably heard it from friends at your local gym--doing HIIT, or a High-Intensity Interval Training workout, gets you fitter in a shorter amount of time.
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