Interval training

High Intensity Interval training is a great form of exercise that reflects the fast paced ever changing lives we lead. We are constantly in motion, running to catch a bus, sprinting to make a street light, or waiting in line at the grocery store, then carrying heavy bags home quickly.... we are rarely in the same speed for extended periods of time like long distance endurance training will prepare us for.

Interval training combines short bursts of high intensity workout against activity of lesser intensity or even periods of rest.  These workouts are fat burning and can build your aerobic capacity in as little as two weeks!

This training is:

1. Efficient -- saves time while increasing energy expenditure in a shorter period of time.  Get more done in less time! 
2. Burns more fat and calories post workout 
3. Gets your heart working while pushing you into an anaerobic zone (like that of a swimmer such as Michael Phelps) by doing high intensity activity and pushing harder  
4. NO equipment -- high knees and fast feet (as my NYSSSA students know all about these two) or sprints can get you this high intensity result.  You can do it anywhere! 
5. Lose weight, not muscle 

This is how I spent my morning doing interval bursts on the treadmill... walking up hill for 2 minutes, running at a 6.0 pace for two minutes, sprinting at a 7.0 speed for a minute..... after 20 minutes of this type of patterning I was beat. 

Give it a try!!!