Over the last decade, high-intensity interval workouts have bubbled to the top of the fitness list. They’re quicker, more time-efficient, and just as effective at boosting fitness and health - or more ...
If you've heard of interval training, you can probably thank Martin Gibala, professor and chair of the kinesiology department at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, whose research has helped ...
Whether you’re a 5 or a 15-minute mile runner, the desire to go faster is in every runner’s DNA. But what’s the best way to add a bit of pace to your game? One answer is to build interval training ...
If you decide to start following a structured training plan to improve your running or aim for a target race, you’ll probably soon come across the term ‘interval training’ . But if running is still ...
February is Heart Health Month, and The American Heart Association (AHA) hosts their Red Dress Collection Concert at the end of January each year to kick it off. At the event, I asked a couple of the ...
It comes from a paper by Nigel Stepto and his colleagues, then at the University of Cape Town, back in 1999. This particular version of it is redrawn in a review on physiological adaptations to ...
A recent study from Australia suggests that high intensity interval training may be optimal for body composition in older ...
How training affects cells is determined not only by whether we move at all, but also by how intensely and for how long we do it. A study compared sprint interval training with traditional endurance ...
In the fitness world, the word “miracle” gets thrown around like a two-pound dumbbell. But when it comes to high-intensity interval training (HIIT), a very short workout, the benefits you’ve heard ...