With some light workout rolled in too.
By Sreekanth A. Nair
People who don’t find enough time for physical exercise have reason to cheer: a new study has revealed that the benefits of 45 minutes of moderate exercise can be gained from one minute of intense exercise.
A report in perfscience.com said that a 60 second sprinting followed by a nine-minute of light workout gives same result as a 50-minute-long moderate exercise.
However, one must check the health of the heart and the level of blood pressure before doing Sprint Interval Training (SIT).
“Most people cite ‘lack of time’ as the main reason for not being active. Our study shows that an interval-based approach can be more efficient — you can get health and fitness benefits comparable to the traditional approach, in less time,†study co-author Martin Gibala, a professor of kinesiology at McMaster University in Ontario, said in a statement.
The 12-week long study was conducted on two groups of men who did not work out earlier. They were randomly asked to do the SIT exercise and normal exercise and they did it thrice a day for 12 weeks.
After 12 weeks, both the groups showed similar results in terms of aerobic fitness, insulin sensitivity test and oxygen consumption. The two groups showed 19% improvement on a test called VO2 peak that measures the peak amount of oxygen that body consumes per half minute during the work out.
The study was conducted in McMaster University, in Ontario, Canada.