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Faster, Fitter and Better? It’s as Easy as 10-20-30

If you've talked to any educated fitness trainers, coaches or athletes in the last 5-10 years, they surely said that interval training is, hands down, the fastest way to improve strength and endurance over moderate-intensity steady-state cardiovascular exercise.
September 2nd, 2013 by: Jill S. Brown at The Huffington Post

If you've talked to any educated fitness trainers, coaches or athletes in the last 5-10 years, they surely said that interval training is, hands down, the fastest way to improve strength and endurance over moderate-intensity steady-state cardiovascular exercise. Research has shown time and time again that interval training, especially high-intensity interval training (HIIT) is the gold standard for rapid results in speed, strength and endurance, whether you're running, cycling, weight training or using cardio machines at your gym.

HIIT has been all the rage for total body fitness the last several years. If you've been intrigued by the results people have achieved from home workout videos like Insanity, CrossFit workouts, most boot camp-styled classes or websites like BodyRock.Tv, you're seeing the indisputable results of interval training.


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