Q: I got into a discussion the other day about the lenght of intervals. This program has as you know one interval of 30 seconds and one of 1 minute (I am just finishing week 2 and those have been the ...

Background: The serum concentration of creatine kinase (CK) is used widely as an index of skeletal muscle fibre damage in sport and exercise. Since athletes have higher CK values than non-athletes, ...

Whoever said “slow and steady wins the race” obviously never raced a bike. So what’s the best way to achieve this? Interval training. Training with cycling intervals is simply alternating bursts of ...

A couple of years ago, I wrote an article about the fine-grained nuances of interval training. According to Paul Laursen and Martin Buchheit’s telephone book of a text, Science and Application of High ...

There are all types of cycling intervals under the sun, including short Tabata-style intervals of repeated on-off efforts which have become popular. How effective are they compared to longer, steady ...

Pyramid intervals are the secret of successful runners! In the world of running, there are numerous training methods aimed at ...