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By Paige Waehner, About.com Guide to Exercise since 2000

Burn More Calories with Interval Training

Tuesday April 19, 2005
If you've never tried interval training, today is a great time to start. Interval training is simply adding some high intensity intervals to your regular workouts. These tough intervals can help you boost your overall calorie burn while increasing your endurance. Try alternating intense work (like sprints or hills) with recovery periods (walking or light jogging) throughout your workout...or try one of these workouts to get started:

Interval Training for Beginners
Treadmill Interval Workout for Int/Advanced
The Facts About Interval Training

Comments

August 27, 2007 at 10:33 pm
(1) rosie says:

Great.

April 17, 2008 at 5:38 pm
(2) FitBuff Brandon says:

Hey Paige,

Excellent article on HIIT, you were way ahead of your time!

It still hasn’t completely replaced the slow, boring, and ineffective cardio just yet, but at least HIIT is gaining steam.

I’ve been experimenting with a new form of HIIT, and I’m actually getting even better results.

You can check out the detailed technique here:

http://www.fitbuff.com/new-hiit-training-technique-not-the-same-ol-sh-hiit/

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