tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post1405326056416189928..comments2024-03-26T10:26:51.288-04:00Comments on Jim Leff's Slog: An Easy Way to Magnify the Benefit of Aerobic WorkoutsJim Leffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00007232702717055047noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-3076080549353896492011-09-27T12:42:24.139-04:002011-09-27T12:42:24.139-04:00Thanks, for posting, Richard.
There's little ...Thanks, for posting, Richard.<br /><br />There's little doubt at this point that high intensity interval training is the best way to go. There are people who suggest combining with aerobic, as you say, while others suggest doing ONLY that. And the jury's still out. <br /><br />But, either way, interval training is 1. not for beginners, and 2. neither "free" nor "easy" (in fact, if you do it right, by the end you're on the verge of vomiting!).<br /><br />But there's an intermediary choice for advanced beginners, which is to crank up the intensity of your final minute or two of workout. This accomplishes three things: <br /><br />1. it ensures a nice high heart rate to play with during recovery<br /><br />2. it prepares you (psychologically and physiologically) for higher speed/intensity when you're ready to take on interval training (most of us aren't accustomed to running full out, and this gives us a "taste"), and<br /><br />3. it keeps your body from settling into a "rut". It's important to keep workouts diverse so the body doesn't have a chance to find more efficient ways to accomplish tasks (i.e. works less hard).Jim Leffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007232702717055047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-80931265206430672342011-09-27T10:50:38.435-04:002011-09-27T10:50:38.435-04:00There's another good magnification benefit tha...There's another good magnification benefit that you can get that I learned from Gilbert Tuhabonye, by favorite running coach:<br /><br />After a long almost completely aerobic workout, such as a long run, do 10-15 short bursts (20-30 seconds each) of intense activity. If running, you can do stride-outs for example.<br /><br />Your body will then respond muscularly more as if you'd had a long anerobic workout, more like a tempo run, but without the added stress.Richard Stanfordhttp://richardstanford.com/noreply@blogger.com