Interval Training

In the last post, I mentioned interval training. It is a great way to challenge your muscles...especially your heart. Here is an example of one way to add intervals into your work-out. Try it out next week for something new!

Start out at warm-up pace for 5-10 minutes. Once you are warmed up, break the rest of your work-out into five minute intervals (save the last five minutes to cool down).

Here is how the 5 minutes look:
1st minute: regular post warm-up pace
2nd minute: increase resistance (or speed if running outside) just outside your comfort zone
3rd minute: increase resistance or speed well outside your comfort zone ("sprinting")
4th minute: recover at a pace much lower than your warm-up pace
5th minute: increase resistance or speed back to warm-up pace

This will make your work-out fly by!!

Have a happy, healthy day,

--Tanya Thompson