Can You Get Fit in Six Minutes a Week? – NYTimes.com
by art on Jul.14, 2009, under BeachBody, Other fitness
Guess what? some of these 10-minute workout programs may not be as crazy as they sound… There’s an article in the Well Blog from the NY Times that talks about new research that seems to indicate that working hard (really hard) for a few minutes three days a week may be as effective as long workouts. The key is that you have to bust your butt during that time. In other words, Intervals!
I’m a firm believe in interval training. Before P90X, I would work out 30-60 minutes 4-5 times a week at a heart rate of 120-130bpm, and it didn’t do squat… It wasn’t until I started bringing my HR to >160 that I started seeing real results. Both P90X and Insanity achieve this through different approaches, but they both work… check them out!




