Interval training has become very popular these days, thanks to high-intensity interval training, or HIIT. Proponents of this type of exercise say it delivers many of the benefits of a much longer ...

If you ask people why they do not exercise as much as they should, the most common answer is lack of time. The World Health Organisation recommends 75 minutes of high-intensity exercise, or 150 ...

Good news: starting your running journey doesn't have to require diving in head-first and sprinting for 30 minutes straight. If you’ve never been much of a runner (or you’re starting to get back into ...

On TikTok, workout tips abound — some credible, some dubious. And recently, you may have been hearing about something called sprint training, which falls somewhere between 12-3-20 treadmill workouts ...

The phrase “putting the hammer down” commonly refers to drivers smashing the accelerator pedal to pick up a burst of speed, often to beat a waning yellow light. Runners use this idiom in much the same ...

As women enter their 40s and beyond, hormonal changes can make it harder to build muscle, maintain energy, and manage body composition. High-intensity training is one of the most powerful tools for ...

I used to train with a group that spanned the spectrum from milers to marathoners, all at a similar competitive level. For large stretches of autumn and winter, we could all train together in some ...

Researchers delved into muscles to figure out why intensive bursts of exercise are as effective as long term workouts ...

TOOLBOX: Interval Training is popular in cycling and many other sports. High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) involves short periods of hard efforts separated by low-intensity recoveries. Let’s dig ...

If you decide to start following a structured training plan to improve your running or aim for a target race, you’ll probably soon come across the term ‘interval training’ . But if running is still ...

Many inactive adults who tried a sampling of exercises preferred intense efforts to gentler workouts. By Gretchen Reynolds People who have never tried intense interval training might be surprised to ...