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.
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 don't have a physically active job or aren't able to spend lots of time on your feet during the day, this intensity is important for training the body to use fat as a fuel, especially for individuals who compete in events lasting more than two hours.Although it will be difficult to keep your intensity low on these days, if you've decided that you have lots of time on your hands and the type of training you want to do is primarily
aerobic (vs.
interval based training), then
performing your endurance efforts at a higher intensity than Zone 2 will reduce the effectiveness of your harder workouts on subsequent days by fatiguing muscle and depleting carbohydrate stores in fast - twitch muscle.
Since you won't easily be able to maintain your maximum
aerobic heart rate for the whole workout, or if it's just too challenging for an everyday activity, you can
perform a short
interval at or near your maximum
aerobic heart rate, then slow down for a period of time, then go back to the maximum
aerobic level.
We can also hybridize the
interval weight training concept with some of the repeatability work we did with EMOMs as well where, rather than simply resting during an EMOM or other repeatability focused session, we can
perform easy cyclical
aerobic work during the recovery periods.