Today's workout: Miracle Mile style: 4 round for time
1/4 mile run (sub 500 meter row)
25 dumbell push presses - total 20% body weight
15 supine ball exchanges
10 pushups
Why high intensity and interval style training? One reason to take this high intensity, shorter duration approach to health and fitness is for prevention of heart disease, as outlined in a study promoted on the American Heart Association's website. This article "self challenges" the conventional AHA "moderate intensity, moderate duration" prescription for treatment of metabolic syndrome, a precursor to serious cardiovascular disease. To quote the study:
Barry Franklin, Ph.D., an American Heart Association spokesperson and an author of the association’s physical activity guidelines, noted that several recent epidemiological and clinical studies now suggest that if the total energy expenditure of exercise is held constant, exercise performed at a vigorous intensity appears to convey greater cardioprotective benefits than exercise of a moderate intensity.
Besides, we finish our workouts alot faster...........
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