Understanding High Intensity Interval Training

And what are the basic weight loss nuts and bolts behind cardiovascular or any other exercise? Catabolism!

Basically if you can bring your body to spend more calories and use more energy, then you’ll point it to the process known as Catabolism that is breaking of cells down and burns calories.

So based on that logic, routine called “interval training” tidily fits in with the general plan.

So, What is Interval training?
Simply put, this is adding high intensity training workouts into exercise plan that require burning high energy on interval basis.

For example, you may be at a stage where you can jog for 20 minutes every other day, and thus put your heart into a cardiovascular zone during this time.

Doing so will help you boost your metabolism therefore burn calories/energy. Yet you can actually burn disproportionately more calories if, during that 20 minute jog, you add a 30 second or 1 minute sprint also known as sprint interval training.

That’s because during these 30 seconds or 1 minute, you give your body a bit of a jolt.

Not an unhealthy jolt; remember, we’re talking about quick bursts here, not suddenly racing around the track or through the park! By giving your body an interval jolt, it automatically – and somewhat unexpectedly – has to turn things up a notch.

And to compensate for your extra energy requirements, the body will burn more calories.

How high intensity interval training help fast weight loss?
It’s important for you to keep in mind that interval training only works when it’s at intervals. This may seem like a strange thing to say (and even difficult to understand), but it’s actually very straightforward.

The metabolism-boosting benefits that you enjoy as a result of interval training are primarily due to the fact that your body, suddenly, needs to find more energy.

While it was chugging along and supplying your energy needs during your cardiovascular exercising, it all of a sudden needs to go grab some more for 30 seconds or a minute; and in that period, it will boost your metabolism as if it were given a nice, healthy jolt.

Obviously, if you suddenly decided to extend your 30 second or 1 minute sprint into a 20 minute sprint, you simply wouldn’t experience all of the benefits.

Yes, your body would use more energy if you extend yourself to the higher range of your aerobic training zone. But your body won’t necessarily get that jolt that only comes from sprint interval training.

What is your goal with interval training?
To give your body a healthy jolt where it suddenly need more energy FAST because you’ve increased the heart rate from 180 beats per minute to 190 beats per minute!

When additional energy is required body has no other choice than go to any available cell, like those fat cells down at the waist, and break them down via catabolism so that you can get the energy you need!

Although it may sounds simple still it’s very important to understand the whole point of interval training — only the way your body gets a sudden, limited, healthy jolt where it needs more energy Quick you can benefit the benefits of training.

If you simply increase your speed and stay there, while your body may, overall burn some more calories, it won’t get that jolt.

Also bear in mind that interval training can indeed last longer than 30 seconds or a minute.

What experts say?
Some experts suggest that you can use interval training for 30-40 minutes, depending on your state of health and what your overall exercise regimen looks like.

The reason we’re focusing on 30 seconds to 1 minute is simply to give you a clear understanding that interval training is a kind of mini training within a training program. It’s necessary to understand how it helps boost metabolism for fast weight loss.

And, as always, don’t overdo it with your interval training. Your goal here is to become healthier and stronger, and lose weight in that process.

IMPORTANT: You gain nothing if you run so fast or do high intensity cycling on bike so hard during interval training that you hurt yourself. You will actually undermine your own health, and possibly have to stop exercising while torn muscles or other ailments heal.