We love our regular weekly fitness sessions with our Dean (PT Zombie). He puts us through our paces, and a lot of it is designed around HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) - accessible to all I hasten to add. But is it really good for you?
Repeated ten-second workouts help the heart more than the officially advised half-hour moderate exercise, experts say. They could also aid the older generation by making blood vessels healthier.
Scientists probed 15 women in the 50s and 60s. Being post-menopause, they had less of the hormone oestrogen - meaning fewer vessel-boosting cells and a higher heart disease risk. But intense sessions did more to make those cells work better and improve veins and arteries.
HMHB says:
HIIT is not for everyone, but study after study shows it has a greater impact than normal moderate jogging, walking, cycling. It can also be done over a shorter period of time.
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