How Interval Training Helps Boost Aerobic Capacity
Interval training is a term that youre likely to hear thrown around by athletes of various types. This specific type of training provides a diverse array of different benefits to anyone who participates in cardiovascular activity, because it works both the aerobic and the anaerobic systems. Interval training consists of cardiovascular activity that alternates between [...]
Interval training is a term that youre likely to hear thrown around by athletes of various types. This specific type of training provides a diverse array of different benefits to anyone who participates in cardiovascular activity, because it works both the aerobic and the anaerobic systems.
Interval training consists of cardiovascular activity that alternates between periods of intense exercise and total recovery. Because of the short duration of both of these parts of the training, youll never allow your heart rate to drop to a completely resting rate during the recovery period.
5 Tips for Getting Hooked on Weight Training
A 55-minute strength-training class at my gym, Body Pump, has recently become a minor obsession of mine. But I haven’t always loved strength training. I used to be really intimidated by it, mostly because I had no idea what to do! And I dreaded ending up with big, bulky muscles. Now, however, I lift weights [...]
A 55-minute strength-training class at my gym, Body Pump, has recently become a minor obsession of mine. But I haven’t always loved strength training. I used to be really intimidated by it, mostly because I had no idea what to do! And I dreaded ending up with big, bulky muscles. Now, however, I lift weights to keep my arms and legs toned and to sculpt new muscles I never knew I had!
It may sound surprising, but bulking up a little can even help you lose weight. Women who strength train preserve muscle mass while they shed pounds, and have higher metabolisms, according to a study from the University of Alabama, in Birmingham. S
