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Why Doing Sprints is Great for Your Health

By Stuart Buck

The best interval workout seems to consist of 20 seconds of sprinting followed by 10 seconds of rest; repeat 7 or 8 times. These are often called "Tabata intervals," after a Japanese scientist who headed up several studies on humans and rats. His studies showed, among other things, that these intervals increased both anaerobic capacity and aerobic capacity more than an hour a day of more moderate exercise, and that a short bout of sprints was effective at burning fat or at increasing glucose transport (particularly helpful for diabetics). Some people use the same principle for any number of other workouts -- such as push-ups -- rather than a literal sprint. I tried the Tabata interval workout today. The good part is that it was over very quickly...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Buck Stops Here on February 05, 2008 (boomark / email).