Tag: Interval Training

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Getting slim, fit, and toned often seems like a daunting challenge. With plyometrics you can burn calories and fat effectively. Pyramid training and the Tabata protocol, cardio workouts involving interval cardio, mix of cardio and weights are great for fat burning, too. Performing exercises like drop sets, supersets, compound sets, giant sets and combining different moves into one are other ways to burn calories.

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Stamina and endurance use time in different ways. The length of time that you can work at maximum capacity is called stamina. If your stamina is high, you can go for a long time at full force. Sprinters are the perfect example. Endurance is all about duration of performance, regardless of capacity level. Energy is spread out over an extended period of time. For marathon runners, high endurance levels are needed to perform well.

Out of the 9 fitness components, cardio vascular increases your heart rate and blood circulation. It is of two types. High intensity interval training: involves demanding physical activity and Steady-state moderate intensity cardio: involves exercises at a steady pace for 40–90 minutes. Exercise within 55–85 percent of your maximum heart rate for 20–30 minutes to get a balanced cardio.

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Efficiency is the gist of everything in today's world. When it comes to exercise, a costly workout sessions at the gym can be easily replaced by an efficient workout plan practised in your living room. This is possible by following the principles of HIIT, working out three times per week, integrating full body exercises and adding plyometric exercises to routine

Sprint interval training burns abdominal fat, hikes insulin sensitivity, and lowers carbs burning and high BP to avert diabetes and heart diseases. It helps build fat-free muscles by enhancing the protein synthesis pathways and hikes muscle stamina and efficiency by boosting oxygen exchange. It can also lift your mood by triggering endorphin release. Despite the benefits, it's best avoided by arthritic and cardiac patients.

Eat an anti-inflammatory diet full of veggies, greens, fruits, organic meat, eggs, fish, plenty of healthy fats, nuts, and seeds. Drink 1/2 your weight in ounces of filtered water each day. Practice daily detox methods like dry brushing, green juices, oil pulling, rebounding, sweating or sauna. Add at least 20 mins of HIIT exercise to your daily routine.

Do a cardio activity (cycling/running/walking/row machine) at high intensity for 30 secs. Recover at your own pace for 3–4 mins. Do 4–8 rounds in 30–45 mins. Or just do it for 20 mins at your max. tempo. You can also go high-intensity on one activity for 10 mins, then recover with a relaxed one for 5 mins (eg. treadmill for the work interval and elliptical for recovery!).

High-intensity interval training involves short duration cardio and focuses on large muscle groups. It's best done early morning on an empty stomach as your body desperately seeks energy from stored fat reserves, exposing lean muscle. A 22-45 min long HIIT workout includes a warm up, 30-60 sec high-intensity exercises (4-6 reps) split by medium-intensity exercises, and a cool down.

Every individual has an optimal heart rate range where the body burns fat and builds muscle fiber efficiently. Interval training, which raises and lowers the heart rate during a workout, helps improve the body's aerobic and anaerobic performance. An exercise metabolic test is essential to create a personalized cardio training plan that will help you reach your optimal heart rate goals faster.

Includes 20 secs of bodyweight Squats, 20 secs of Push-Ups, 20 secs of Mason Twists, 20 secs of Burpees, 20 secs of Diamond Push-Ups, 20 secs Vertical Crunches, 20 secs of Clock Lunges and 20 secs of Mountain Climbers. Between every exercise take a quick 10 sec rest. This gives faster results than 60 mins of cardio at the gym.