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Interval Training Builds Fitness Fast Vary Your Training Intensity to Boost Your Performance
Author:
Elizabeth Quinn
Publication Year:
2009
Excerpt:
The Benefits of Interval Training
This repetitive form of training leads to the adaptation response. The body begins to build new capillaries, and is better able to take in and deliver oxygen to the working muscles. Muscles develop a higher tolerance to the build-up of lactate, and the heart muscle is strengthened. These changes result in improved performance particularly within the cardiovascular system.
Interval training also helps prevent the injuries often associated with repetitive endurance exercise, and they allow you to increase your training intensity without overtraining or burn-out. In this way, adding intervals to your workout routine is a good way to cross train.
