Breaking Up

[Jill]

This was an interesting read.

Breaking Up Your Workout (http://health.yahoo.com/news/177955)

[JDru]

Do you have the link? :)

[rkincaid]

Hmmmm, very interesting article! Now my problem would be to get my butt back on the treadmill AFTER resting! I can see myself right now saying- "you've allready done your 30mins, that's good enough." I wonder if doing a morning workout and evening workout is just as good.

[Jachut]

I read this in the paper yesterday too and I am going to give it a try.

My body has just settled into such a comfortable rut. I'm not losing anymore. I'm doing the right things but I really need to shake something up if I ever want to get down to 70kg.

I actually would get back on the treadmill, or I'd run 4km, drop home for a drink and get one or two things done, and head out again. Mentally that seems MUCH easier to face to me than thinking OK, I'm going to be out for an hour's run.

It actually makes a bit of sense doesnt it?

I was going to try it with my circuit last night but I didnt get near the treadmill till 9pm.

I still think though that my early days of VERY intense interval training were worth it because now I can run and stay in that fat burning zone, which means not only do I burn fat but I burn, at a guess about 1.5x the calories since I can run about 1.5 times faster than I could possibly walk and therefore cover more distance. I think at some point for everyone, its really worth going for it and just not worrying about fat burning ranges, but pushing your fitness up to a whole new level so that eventually you can do twice the work and still stay in the right range for burning fat.

Any workout is better than none of course! But I would imagine the rest period should only be 20 minutes or so because in your first half your, you'd get your body to the point of switching to fat for fuel and then it must not switch off in that short rest so that when you head out for that second half hour, you'd be into fat burning right away. Why that's better than just working out for an hour I dont know, but its worth a try!

[JDru]

Ok I'm dumb...apparently I didn't see you could click on the hyperlink. Great info Jill!

[rkincaid]

Ok then, well I just finished my 30 min workout for today, gonna rest for 20min, and get back on the treadmill!

[pageturner]

I wonder if the research would be different in done with women and then men and women together...It is worth a try though.
Thanks for sharing this.

Andrea

[rkincaid]

Sweet sassy molassy! That last 30 mins just kicked my ass totally! Lordy, I dont think I'm in good enough shape to do this every day! Of course, it would have been easier for me if I hadn't pushed the incline farther up, but then again, I like the muscle group it's working better when the incline is up- I feel my thighs, butt, and back muscles a LOT more when I have the incline up.

[Jachut]

Hehe, yes, I have a feeling the 2nd half hour would be harder than just keeping going for an hour.

I thought a run round a 4km circuit, then home, 20 mins rest and a good high incline walk on the treadmill too.

When I keep going just for an hour, I hit a zone where you can just space out and I'm sure its a very energy efficient place for your body to be. I think breaking it up would actually shake me up and improve my fitness. Tonight I'm going to give it a try.

I do wonder whether it works for women, its quite conceivable that it may not be as effective etc. Men and women are quite different hormonally. Obviously, lol.

[Jachut]

Wowsers, that WAS hard. I did a 5km run in half an hour - had the burning lungs, havent felt that in simply ages, then had my 20 minute break and then did the aerobic2 program on my treadmill which is a pretty intense incline power walking with intervals of jogging for half an hour.

I am buggered, to put it mildly.

Makes me realise the reason why I have not improved one iota in my running in the past six months is that I am coasting, well and truly. My runs would be the equivalent of no more than a power walk really. They're long and slow and I need to put in a bit more effort if I want to get his last big of weight off.

Now... can I count that as 2 sessions for the August challenge?

[rkincaid]

Yep, you sure can if ya want to! I'm counting every 30 mins as a session, just so at the end of the month I can calculate how many hours I've spent exercising, and try to top it next month!