I first thought about doing more interval training when I first did the Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred. It is interval training. She talks about it during the 20 minute sessions.
A co-worker of mine who is into fitness and who’s wife is my biofeedback specialist, pointed out an article that we both got that week from Mercola Peak Fitness. He calls it “Peak 8” and it involved 30 seconds of intense, fast as you can intervals with 90 seconds of rest. All in total only 20 minutes. Then you do not eat any carbs for two hours. When I first tried it, it worked for me because it takes me two hours to get to work after I workout first thing in the morning. However, I’ve been having a hard time getting up at 4:00 lately and haven’t been following through with it.
Then there is also this site from the Mercola website: Interval Cardio on Treadmill for Fat Loss.
And like Helen mentioned in the blog comments from yesterday, Jackie Warner in “This is Why You’re Fat” recommends 20 minutes of intervals.
There are tons of articles about interval training out there and there have been for years. For me, that is enough proof that this will work.
Now I just have to work on getting back into the habit of getting up first thing in the morning and getting it done. If I wait until the end of the day, the workout isn’t as intense… or doesn’t get done.
I hope you have a Fantastic day!
ttyl
Sandra
This sounds amazing. I think I might give it a go. Sounds totally doable
ReplyDeleteI can't say enough good stuff about interval training. It's definitely worth the effort. I do interval training myself but I mix it up. I do a day of interval training as my cardio then the next day I'll do longer duration and lower intensity. I had a trashed metabolism when I started all this working out but with interval training, I have managed to kick it into high gear. The intervals aren't the best bang for your buck when it comes to burning fat though. The most efficient fat burning is lower intensity for longer duration. Interval training is best for your cardiovascular system and metabolism. It's all about managing your heart rate. For me my intervals go from 120 beats per minute to 166 and back down again. One minute up and one minute down. Jumping rope does it well. So does raquetball. Then for my lower intensity longer duration workouts, I maintain my hr at about 140-145 for an hour. That blasts the fat. I actually had my metabolism tested before and that was the plan they gave me to fix it. It worked! :)
ReplyDeleteThe EXACT reason why I sacrifice and go to bed early to get up early, is if I don't do it first thing, most likely, it won't get done.
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