Life Coach - for more clarity about your goals, values and vision for your life! » conscience http://www.coach4u.net Do you sometimes feel that your life could be better? As your Personal Life Coach, I will help you to clarify your goals, increase your happiness and live a fulfilling life. Coaching by phone, email or in person. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:12:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 No time for workout? A few minutes may be enough. http://www.coach4u.net/coach_4_u_blog/no-time-for-workout-a-few-minutes-may-be-enough.html http://www.coach4u.net/coach_4_u_blog/no-time-for-workout-a-few-minutes-may-be-enough.html#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:40:32 +0000 Christiane http://www.coach4u.net/?p=305 ]]> Do you also occasionally wonder how some folks manage to go to the gym three or four times per week for an hour or more? I do, because with kids, house, garden and last but not least, two jobs squeezing out time for the gym seems impossible. I do know, it’s recommended – still, I don’t have time for it and this is no excuse. Now, at least, I don’t need to feel guilty anymore about the little exercise I do.

A study at McMaster University in Canada has shown that doing several times per week high-intensity interval training (HIT) is as beneficial for your health as  traditional long term exercise. For the study, volunteers did three times per week ten one-minute sprints on a stationary bike with one minute rest in between. In total they got 30 minutes of exercise. The results of the study were  published in the March issue of the Journal of Physiology .

What I learned from this study is that in good conscience I can replace hours of endurance training, for which I don’t have time in my busy life,  with a few minutes of intense exercise on my stationary bike. Works for me.

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