Interval training is a strategy that alternates intense bursts of activity with periods of less intensity or rest..
Why you should be interval training
*The body learns to use new muscle fibers. These new fibers become available to burn fuel even during easy workouts.
*High intensity interval training changes mitochondria, where fuel is turned to energy. That causes them to burn fat first increasing endurance in ways that traditional aerobics can’t.
*May lower risk of heart disease & protect against Type 2 diabetes in ways that traditional exercise can’t.
*One of the benefits of exercise is increased lung power but interval training, especially high intensity interval training, can explode lung power to levels that steady aerobics cannot hope to.
*While most aerobic exercise decreases bad cholesterol, intense exercise, like interval training, increases good cholesterol. Moderate exercise doesn’t affect good cholesterol.
*Metabolic syndrome (a combination of obesity, insulin resistance, high cholesterol and high triglycerides) a very resistant disorder, can be lowered by interval training much better than traditional exercise can.
*A few short spurts of exercise throughout the day may clear the bloodstream of artery-clogging fat better than a single workout would.
*Traditional exercise improves general cardiovascular health but interval training can do so quicker & more dramatically.
*High intensity interval training helps glands respond to extreme demands. This is vital because the performance of your glands during intense activity & stress depends on the proper functioning of your glands like the adrenal glands.
*Used properly, interval training may help you handle periods of stress throughout the day. Your body is training for the stress during the interval sessions.
Salvator Giustra is an educator, computer scientist & health researcher.
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