High Intensity Interval Training
High Intensity Interval Training is also known as HIIT and has been proven in recent research to be an excellent method for accelerating fat loss, boosting your cardiovascular endurance, and growing muscle. You can done more with 7-10 minutes of HIIT or Tabata training than you do in an hour of steady-state cardio.
HIIT is done with bursts of maximum effort paired with shortened rest periods. Think 30-60 seconds of flat out sprinting paired with 2 minutes of a recovery jog before starting again. In a recent study, participants were divided up groups that did 12 weeks of HIIT cycling, strength training with weights, and a combination of weights and cycling. Those in the HIIT group had the biggest benefit at the cellular level, because the older participants had a 69-percent increase in mitochondria, the powerhouse of the cell.
What does that mean for you? More energy and more power to do what you want, even as you age!
