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Interval training for greater workout efficiency.

When it comes to exercising, the word 'intervals' puts dread into many peoples minds. Intervals are sometimes misunderstood but adding them to your exercise program can aid you in burning fat and getting in shape faster.

Interval training is not for everybody. To start doing intervals, you ought be in good shape and a physical from your GP is strongly advised.

Well, what is interval training then?

The best definition would be probably be periods of high intensity exercise followed by recuperation periods of low intensity exercise.

For example. You are pursuing a walking program and have been walking briskly for thirty minutes daily, four days a week. You feel good with this but would like to speed up your weight loss.

Interval training may be just right for you. Start your usual walking program then, after five minutes, jog for ten to thirty seconds or more. Your pulse rate will start to increase and your breathing will increase. Then return to walking briskly until you have completely recovered. You can then begin to jog again.

To start with you may only want to do a few of these short jogs. That's ok, just do what is comfortable for you. As you get more used to this routine, you can add more jogging periods or increase the length of time you jog or acombination of both.

In each period of jogging, your heart rate will increase. When you stop jogging and continue with your brisk walking, your heart rate will remain at an increased rate for a minute or so. This is an added benefit. During any aerobic exercise you need your heart rate to increase, which increases its strength and increases your health.

Intervals work really well on a treadmill. You can increase the speed for however long you want, or you can increase the incline, so you are walking at the same speed but going uphill.

This is interval training at a basic level but you will still get benefits from it. You can perform a similar routine in your other aerobic exercises as well.

For instance, if you ride a bike for exercise, every so often pedal faster until you begin breathing faster for a short while then return to riding as before.

You can see that interval training is not only for professional athletes. It is one of the fastest and most efficient means of attaining a high level of fitness and reduction of body fat.

Do these interval enhanced exercises three or four days a week and watch your fitness level increase while your weight decreases.