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Over the past few years we’ve seen a rising trend in the fat loss workout community called interval training. It’s not a complicated exercise method, but it is often used improperly.

Interval training consists of spiking your heart rate while exercising and then allowing it to come back down. It can be done in any way that you’d like. You can use a cardio machine, sprint outside, or lift weights. There’s also many different formulas to use that include timed intervals such as spiking your heart rate for 30 seconds and then resting for 60 seconds before beginning your next “sprint” or exercise to rapidly elevate your heart rate again.

The reason I said many personal trainers and exercisers use interval training improperly is because they do not sufficiently elevate or allow their heart rate to drop low enough to get the true benefits. If you don’t get your heart rate high enough the intensity is lost and what ends up happening is that you just get a middle of the road aerobic workout, but you don’t enjoy the intended interval benefits you were hoping for.

In my next post I’ll give you an easy formula to use that will allow you to create your own intervals and reap the fat burning benefits that they hold for you!