He has authored several books on
the subject of high intensity training, which are available at: http://www.amazon.com/author/davidgroscup You can read his blog on High Intensity Training at: http://drhitshighintensitybodybuilding.blogspot.com/
Not exact matches
Formerly inactive adults were
subjected to 4 months
of high -
intensity interval
training workouts.
Half
of the analyzed
subjects performed six weeks
of endurance
training, and the rest were focused on
high -
intensity interval
training.
One study [19] found that relatively
high -
intensity «cardio» performed while fasted increased
subjects» insulin sensitivity beyond the group who did the same
training after a carb meal, even in the context
of a normally obesogenic
high - fat,
high - carb diet.
A 1996 study from Baylor College
of Medicine backed this up, reporting that
subjects who followed a
high intensity interval
training workout on a stationary cycle burned significantly more calories during the 24 hours following the workout than those who cycled at a moderate steady - state
intensity.
Although there are many ways to do
high -
intensity intervals, the study
subjects did «4X4»
training: four minutes at 95 percent
of maximum ability followed by three minutes
of active recovery, done four times.
The key to the study
subjects» dramatic heart health improvement wasn't just aerobic exercise, but aerobic exercise that incorporates interval
training — short bursts
of high intensity with short rests in between.
As a way to increase mitochondria, the energy powerhouses
of muscle cells, by 40 percent,
subjects performed short,
high -
intensity training twice a day, seven days a week for three weeks.