How to Burn More Fat
We already know that interval training – alternating between high-intensity and easy recovery periods – helps your heart work more efficiently and burns calories in record time.
Now new research from the University of Guelph in Ontario shows that it also increases the amount of fat you burn during your other workouts. In the study, women cycled for four minutes at 90 percent of their VO2, rested two minutes, and repeated the pedal/rest interval nine more times.
After doing these hour-long workouts (called HIT for high-intensity training) every other day for two weeks, the women used 36 percent more fat for energy during a low-intensity 60-minute ride than they did before the study.
Intervals improve your ability to use fat for fuel, says Jason Talanian, the researcher who conducted the study. Make every other cardio session a HIT routine and you’ll amp up the burn of your lower-intensity workouts, too. [via]
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