A Journal of Sports Sciences study found that when people performed four 30 - second all -
out sprint intervals on a bike while listening to music, they had a more positive workout experience than when they pedaled without tunes — possibly because music helps distract you from the, uh, discomfort of a tough sprint.
Not exact matches
Previous studies have proven the benefits of vigorous stair climbing over sustained periods of time — up to 70 minutes a week — but scientists set
out to determine if
sprint interval training (SIT), which involves brief bursts of vigorous exercise separated by short periods of recovery, was an effective and time - efficient alternative for improving cardiorespiratory fitness.
Group «A» performed steady - state aerobic training (envision those treadmill walkers reading a magazine while «working
out») and Group «B» performed
sprint intervals at 30 seconds each for a total of 15
sprints.
If you notice, the exertion
intervals in this 8 - minute «finisher» are 1 - 2 minutes in length, whereas maximum exertion
sprint intervals (wind
sprints, hill
sprints) which I love to do as well, are typically only 10 - 20 seconds in duration and are «all -
out» in intensity.
week 1 MON 5x 4 - minutes
intervals TUE 30 - sec bike
sprints WED Tabata THU 4 - sec all -
out sprints FRI Tabata SAT 30 - sec bike
sprints SUN rest day
For just over a year, I have spent nearly every Wednesday night and Saturday morning running a warm up pace that makes me overheat, then starting the
interval workout which involves me sometimes running slower than the «warm up pace «and watching the lithe people run away from me at incredible speeds, then «slinky - ing «forward while they run back for me on the recovery, watching them
sprint away from me some more, and then eventually finding myself labouring up a hill to exit the river valley at the end of the workout to find the group of speedsters waiting to fist pound it
out before we run back to the shop at a cool down pace which only makes me sweat even more.
Previously the McMaster team showed that the
sprint interval training protocol, which involves three 20 - second «all -
out» cycle
sprints, was effective for boosting fitness.
During the last
interval, you would extend the all -
out sprint to a full minute.
High intensity
interval training means working
out as hard as you possibly can (such as during a full -
out sprint) for about 30 seconds and then resting for 15 seconds and repeating.
He finally realized that a 10s
sprint did not mean at 70/80/90 percent type efforts used by endurance athletes when they are doing «
interval training» — it's supposed to be all
out not holding anything back.
Our cardio protocol started
out with 2 high intensity
interval days with 6
interval sprints.
A typical
interval workout for Geiger involves sets of repeated full -
out sprints with little to no recovery in between.
-- try an
interval training class or gym work
out, like short
sprints interspersed with fast walking, or a spinning class with slow uphills and fast racing segments — Soul Cycle.
Most people, when they think about high intensity
interval training, they think about a personal trainer flogging them as hard as they can in the gym, on an exercise bike, or maybe doing multiple
sprints out on an oval; and none of that really probably seems too fun, for most people, when they think about that.