Interval Training

I'll be back later to update these pages with my last two days of exercise.

However, for now I'd like to take a look at Interval Training.

I was told that I should incorporate this into my workout routine...not knowing what exactly this was, I started doing some research. Now I know what it is...

So...imagine a warm spring day in Florida, a jogging path running along a river, and a young lady with blonde pony tail bouncing along for about 30 seconds...when suddenly out of breath, she starts walking. And she walks for a little bit, decides she's recovered enough from the last one and tries to run as far as she can again...only to get winded after another 30 seconds...

Now, the not-so-fit blonde thought she was doing something wrong all that time! So, 20 lbs later, she decides that she needs to actually FORCE herself to run a good distance without stopping. So in comes regulating speed, building endurance, etc etc. Summer comes along, so workouts are moved inside to a treadmill, where regulating speed is EASY. And the weight stops coming off.

Well...what was she doing wrong now? Oh nothing...its just that it would appear that this thing called interval training actually WORKS to burn fat off at a high rate. This is why my baseball playing brother can eat whatever he wants and not gain a lb. This is why when I played Softball or would foot-race, bike race, or play soccer with all I had (before collapsing on the lawn and beggin for water every 5 minutes), I was as skinny as a twig.

So, apparently my poor capacity lungs actually worked to my benefit here...short bursts of high intensity followed by an interval of low-medium intensity actually helps burn fat faster.