Thinking of ways to accelerate your fitness? Give interval cardio a shot. Here’s why:
- Cardio is already great for your cardiovascular system (heart), respiratory system (lungs), metabolism, digestion, energy levels, hormone levels, mood, overall fitness, strength etc..
- Interval training boosts your metabolism even further by heightening your heart rate and getting your muscles moving.
- Intervals keep your heart rate raised longer throughout the day, burning more calories and keeping your metabolism in high drive.
- Intervals challenge both your anaerobic and aerobic cardio systems (think the fat burning zone and carb burning zones) interchangeably, causing increases in overall muscular and cardio fitness and endurance.
- Intervals push you harder in a shorter amount of time, making them efficient and effective.
- Intervals make the time FLY by because you’re preoccupied with the training.
- Intervals keep you engaged and make the workout more enjoyable, enhancing motivation.
- Intervals engage both the slow-twitch and fast-twitch muscle fibers of your body, increasing total body engagement and heightening total body fitness and performance.
- Intervals release growth hormones into your body, causing muscle and recovery gains.
- Intervals make you MORE athletic. They’re hard as heck! And they push you to see what you’re capable of.
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Add some cardio intervals to your next cardio session!! Try: 2 min hard, 1 min easy throughout and start and end with a steady state.