[RoosterRedux]

This is slightly different than Tabata. Where as the original study IIRC had athletes on a 20 sec. intense, 10 sec rest, the woman in this video does a 30 sec sprint and a whopping 4.5 minute rest (I think that's what she said).

Also, as I recall, the Tabata study focused only on VO2 max and anaerobic capacity whereas this study takes a tiny spec of muscle tissue and analyzes it.

All that said, it sure would be interesting to hear the opinion of a professional fitness trainer like yourself.

[dfwgator]

I have a trail near my house with some steep inclines, so I basically run up the inclines and slow down the pace on the way down.

[freepertoo]

Haven’t had a chance to see it yet, but what I’m reading here rings true. I am also a runner and I start every race at a dead run, then chill for several minutes and sprint again for about 3o seconds, etc. I have the wrong muscle twitch to be a good long distance runner, but when I do it this way, I come in faster and less tired.