Interval Fat Blasting

In its simplest definition, interval training is alternating bouts of high intensity with bouts of lower intensity. One example would be hill sprints. Sprint up the hill, walk down, and repeat. There are many ways to incorporate interval training into your program.

What is probably the most well-known interval, thanks to a study done by Dr. Tabata is the 20/10 interval where you do an all-out bout of exercise for 20 seconds followed by 10 seconds of rest before repeating.

But there are many, many effective interval ranges you can perform, with an almost endless variety of exercises.  You can do intervals while running, or on a stationary bike or treadmill, which is what most people do.  But you can also perform intervals using resistance training, such as with barbells, kettlebells, dumbbells, sandbags or even body weight exercises.

So how effective is Interval Training as compared with traditional cardio?  Dr. Martin Gibala, author of the One-Minute Workout explains:

You don’t have to complicate things.  If you’re doing some sort of cardio training with your intervals, you can use longer intervals, like 60 seconds hard, followed by 30 seconds or 60 seconds easy and go for 20 to 30 minutes.

With resistance training, you’ll most likely want to keep the intense portion of the interval between 10 and 40 seconds.

A great interval training workout could be as simple as 8 rounds of body weight squats in 20/10 style, followed by 8 rounds of pushups in 20/10 style, which makes an 8-minute workout.

Or you could alternate by doing one round of the body weight squats followed by one round of the pushups and repeat for 8 rounds.

However, you do it, DO IT!