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Exactly. Let alone the fact that they are using completely untrained individuals, where doing any amount exercise will result in the adaptations they check for.
by ASpring 10y ago
Exactly. Let alone the fact that they are using completely untrained individuals, where doing any amount exercise will result in the adaptations they check for.
Wish there was a third group that simply did 10 minutes exercise at the same exertion as the endurance group.
- pascal1usa 10y agoIt's awfully convenient how they left that obvious third group out. I'm willing to bet that the 45 m group never reached their target heart rate
- _Codemonkeyism 10y agoThe article says “But if you are someone, like me, who just wants to boost health and fitness and you don’t have 45 minutes or an hour to work out, our data show that you can get big benefits from even a single minute of intense exercise.”
- mozumder 10y agoFor my marathon training, between my long runs, I did spend one day a week to just do one 5-10 minute sprint, at 95-105% max heart rate. ("Oh god I'm going to die..") The days after I did those, were the clearest, most relaxed days of all. I ended up with a resting heart rate in the 30s.
- hondo77 10y agoIf you did it for ten minutes, it wasn't a sprint.
- Ensorceled 10y agoHow did you do 105% of your max heart rate ...
- Jtsummers 10y agohttp://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/HealthyLiving/PhysicalActivity/FitnessBasics/Target-Heart-Rates_UCM_434341_Article.jsp http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/HealthyLiving/PhysicalActivity... It's not the literal maximum (the maximum you can achieve), it's the average based on age. So you find the maximum for your age in the chart (or calculate it) and set target zones when exercising. http://www.runnersworld.com/ask-the-sports-doc/what-is-my-maximum-heart-rate http://www.runnersworld.com/ask-the-sports-doc/what-is-my-ma... - another discussion about it.
- Ensorceled 10y agoAh, I was wondering, as a runner you should get a HR monitor and calculate your real maximum. The charts are crap; as a 51 year old runner, I routinuely hit 185+BPM when hill or interval training (at about 95% effort) so I'm also doing 105-110% of my chart "max".
- Jtsummers 10y agoThat's a good point. I'd treat it like BMI. It's a good guideline, but it's a heuristic and won't fit everyone. In this case, if you've been a longtime runner, you'll almost certainly have a healthier heart than your age-wise peers (not guaranteed, but as a general rule).