Posted on 11/02/2015 2:47:46 PM PST by amorphous
Short bouts of intense exercise could be the key to staying in shape after researchers found that even just a few minutes of strenuous activity can make muscles work harder.
High-intensity interval training (HIIT) has become popular with athletes and amateurs and has clear visible benefits.
But sports scientists have always struggled to understand how a short amount of activity can produce similar effects as endurance training.
Now, researchers at the Karonlinska Institute in Sweden have found that even small levels of intensive exercise boost the production of mitochondriaâ the cellâs batteries â which enhance muscle endurance.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
I guess good old calisthenics works after all.
I have been doing about 1,000 “extra” stairs every work day for several years, and not much else for regular exercise. I do these in sets of 250, 4 times per work day.
My resting heart rate comes in under 50, if this adds any credence to the study results.
What about 12 ounce curls?
Sure, if you do 120 in about 30 sec. ;-)
Liquid, right?
When in shape, graduate to 16 oz.
"Our study shows that antioxidants remove the effect on the calcium channels, which might explain why they can weaken muscular response to training," added Professor Westerblad.
I guess the effect involves whatever it is that anti-oxidants inhibit (oxidation?). There's a similar problem with some cancer chemotherapy: antioxidants protect the cancer cells from the effect of the chemo.
I recall reading that, way back when, it was noticed that the top students at Cambridge also got in a lot of exercise.
Getting back to Jefferson. I think he also considered the use of a firearm to be a part of exercise.
So far It has been working great
Anyone starting/doing strenuous exorcise, get a Coronary Calcium Scan for about $75. If you're just beginning are starting back, take it easy and work up to where you want to be over a period of weeks.
Proper exercise, nutrition, and a few supplemental nutrients can make a huge difference in a person's health status.
I’m in best shape of my life...and I’m 64...intervals 2x week, pilates 3x week, and weights for 10-15 min 2 or 3x a week...Total time about 4 hours p/week. Caveman type diet. (I don’t sit much either)
As well as walking where ever he neededto go.
I do my own variation of Tabata. Been doing it for about a 1 1/2 year so far. Basically 5 sets of 20 of 5 different exercises on a weight machine every other day. Maybe 10 seconds between, just enough time to change weights. Go up on weight when I think I can.
Every other day 100 reps as fast as possible on a rowing machine. Increase resistance when I think I can.
Somewhere around 3 minutes rowing and about 4 minutes with the weights.
That’s all, you say? I’ve been weight training for approx 40 years. Not body building, not power lifting. Just lifting to stay in decent shape. And I can say, at 54, I’m in, if not the best shape of my life, dang close.
Sounds easy right? I’ll tell you this. I dread the 4 minutes with the weights every single time. Actually scared I might not make the full set. And I question myself every time I add more weight.
Think about it. Can you run a four minute mile? Or run as fast as possible for 4 minutes? I don’t know. Seems to be working for me. Thank goodness I did the weights this morning. Rowing tomorrow. Weights Wednesday......crap.
Good for you. To me, staying fit/healthy is a way to stick to the system of over priced medical procedures and insurance costs geared toward making a buck and not toward the actual health of individuals.
I take every other day off and think to myself, get-r-done and you can have tomorrow off! ;-)
All my weights over 100lbs and leg press 240 lbs.
age 73.
I do super slow weights too...but no where near your weight. (I’m a she) And I can’t do leg presses etc...long story...but my legs seem to be in best shape ever from intervals and pilates.
Yes!!...I have the bone density of a 30 something woman...it actually improved in past 10 years. I don’t get along with many doctors.
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