Lack of time is often the main reason people don't exercise regularly. But a type of interval workout recently popularized by ...

For many people aiming to burn a lot of calories, high-intensity interval training is the way to go. Also known as HIIT, these popular workouts feature bursts of intense activity, such as squats or ...

RUNNERS CAN EASILY fall into a basic routine for their workouts: Lace up, hit the pavement, then cruise at a comfortable pace for as many miles as planned. This might feel good, but it’s not always ...

A couple of years ago, I wrote an article about the fine-grained nuances of interval training. According to Paul Laursen and Martin Buchheit’s telephone book of a text, Science and Application of High ...

New research shows the 4x4 workout format can improve fitness faster than traditional workouts, such as jogging or cycling ...

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 ...

The Huberman-famous protocol promises to gamify your interval training, but the rules seem to make it worse, not better, than standard interval workouts. The Sugarcane workout is a series of intervals ...

The term perception of effort refers to a person’s subjective sense of how hard he or she is working relative to his or her limit during exercise. Distinct from pain, thirst, heat, fatigue, and other ...

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 ...