Not exact matches
This excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC) is the main reason why your body burns more calories and fat with the high - intensity interval
training compared to the regular aerobic exercises performed at
steady pace.
Although many people believe that
steady pace cardio
training is the best way to lose fat, there are some more effective approaches.
Maintain: «Aim for at least one session a week where your heart rate is consistently elevated — like a one - hour run or bike ride at a
steady pace — and aim for at least one where your heart rate is up and down, like interval or sprint
training,» says Hunt.
-- You'd repeat this process several more times, typically between 7 — 12 times further, and you should find that by the end of your workout after 20 minutes or so, you'll have burnt more calories than you would have done in an entire hour whilst
training at a
steady pace.
There is nothing wrong with
steady paced cardio such as jogging and cross trainers and this type of
training will get you fitter.
Cardio (short for «cardiovascular
training») is a form of aerobic exercise (as opposed to anaerobic,) and includes both «
steady - state» activities — think running, biking or swimming at a
steady pace — and high - intensity activity like HIIT
training or Tabata workouts (which can ALSO be done while you're running, biking or swimming, but also in other ways which I'll talk more in a bit...).
And unlike most things that sound too good to be true, this actually isn't, because we're not talking about the latest fitness fad, but a method of
training that has been proven over decades to be far more effective than normal
steady - state cardio (where you maintain the same
pace for an extended period of time).
Contained within, we'll be looking at HIIT (High Intensity Interval
Training) and
Steady Pace cardio.
Finally, the last of the worst 6 pack abs exercises isn't an ab exercise at all, but rather, hours of moderate
paced,
steady state cardio
training.
Rather than moving at a
steady pace for the duration of your workout, interval
training alternates between high, medium and low - intensity moves.
While this
steady pace workout is going on, you're only
training your heart in one specific heart rate range... basically, you're keeping approximately the same heart rate throughout the entire workout... as an example, let's say that your heart rate stays at 125 beats / minute for most of the workout.
This means that you're
training your heart in a much higher range and making it MUCH stronger compared to traditional
steady -
pace cardio.
Focus your «cardio» efforts on shorter duration variable intensity interval
training, wind sprints, hill sprints, stair sprints, jump rope, and other higher intensity (and variable intensity) forms of
training instead of relying on long duration,
steady -
pace boring traditional cardio.
If you jog for 40 - 60 mins at a
steady pace you can burn the same amount of calories if not more in 25 mins by incorporating interval
training.
Now if you are jogging, swimming cycling etc you can go at a
steady pace for 40 - 60 mins per session and burn off your calories or you can do interval
training you will burn off more calories in a shorter amount of time, so only need to do 25 - 30 mins per session.
The best form of cardio if you're trying to lose weight is without question High Intensity Interval
Training, where you perform short, intense exercises such as sprints, as opposed to jogging a mile or two at a
steady pace.
Training should also focus on improving lactic acid clearance and maintaining
steady pacing to avoid premature exhaustion.
Additionally, interval
training increases the after - burn effect, which means your body burns more fat post-exercise than it would after a
steady -
paced workout.
But we're DICE — we've been around for twenty years and we're not that quick to jump on hype
trains - we move at a
steady pace, we tread carefully.»
One of the great 20th Century innovations in
training for competitive distance runners was a move away from focusing on amassing mileage solely through long runs at a
steady pace.