Well, the science keeps adding up.  A new study published in the Journal of Physiology from scientists at Canada’s McMaster University, adds to the growing evidence for the benefits of short term high-intensity interval training (HIT) as a time-efficient but safe alternative to traditional types of moderate long term exercise.  From this article:

“We have shown that interval training does not have to be ‘all out’ in order to be effective,” says Professor Martin Gibala. “Doing 10 one-minute sprints on a standard stationary bike with about one minute of rest in between, three times a week, works as well in improving muscle as many hours of conventional long-term biking less strenuously.”

HIT means doing a number of short bursts of intense exercise with short recovery breaks in between.

Prof Gibala and his team have shown that the same results can be obtained in far less time with brief spurts of higher-intensity exercise. To achieve the study’s equivalent results by endurance training you’d need to complete over 10 hours of continuous moderate bicycling exercise over a two-week period.

Most Motiv clients know that we are big advocates for interval training.  But it isn’t always easy to find a way to do the training on your off days.

So we were are working on a solution. And we’ll be rolling it out to our clients on April 6th, so stay tuned. Let me just say that I think your “off-day” workouts will be a lot more interesting…