Interval training best to reduce abdomen fat

One hour of interval sprinting per week is as effective as seven hours of jogging in reducing abdomen fat in males.

The study found that the sprint program, LifeSprints, reduced visceral fat with seven times less exercise time and had a much greater impact on cardiovascular and metabolic health than reductions of subcutaneous fat stores in the legs and arms.

Sprints are a time-efficient form of exercise: 20 minutes of sprints on a bike three times a week is all that’s required.

Read more at University of New South Wales

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  1. Roger Crook

    Retired agribusiness manager & farmer

    So what is the programme? 20 mins flat out or sprints and intervals?

    Heart rate by age? How to start?

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    2. Roger Crook

      Retired agribusiness manager & farmer

      In reply to Mark Amey

      yes, had to pay for it though. Just wondered where the money came from to do the research, if it came from the public 'purse' then the IP belongs to the public?

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    3. Mark Amey

      logged in via Facebook

      In reply to Roger Crook

      There is a link to the journal 'Obesity' where the article is available for free, so, I'm not sure what you paid for. There's also a link to some sort of motivational mp3 files, which are available at some cost.

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    4. Roger Crook

      Retired agribusiness manager & farmer

      In reply to Mark Amey

      Thanks. Didn't pay, knew something would turn up, and someone did.
      R

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  2. Thomas Oncken

    Grumba

    The ABC did a segment on The Health Report on Monday 2nd July try 'quick sprints'
    The timing is 8 seconds fast then 12 seconds slow.
    A CD or MP3 is available to get the timing right, Google ' lifesprints'.

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    1. Roger Crook

      Retired agribusiness manager & farmer

      In reply to Thomas Oncken

      Thank you, Thomas.
      R

      PS. Wonder if I will get a minus for this?
      R

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