Standfirst: Is intense exercise better?Author: Adam BeanPics:Issue date: aug98 / panel from xrefrun/walkKeywords:-->There’s no doubt about it: High-intensity exercise produces greater health benefits than low-intensity exercise. Real benefits

(running at your maximum aerobic steady state) is beneficial because you’re working at what is supposed to be the optimal training intensity for endurance sport. If you work too hard, you risk too great a contribution of anaerobic metabolism to the energy

more deeply. After a couple of minutes this should settle into a steady breathing rhythm, although frequent changes in pace or terrain gradient may disrupt or prevent this. Your breathing frequency will naturally increase as you increase intensity

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known as baking soda) several hours before a brief but intense bout of exercise may improve your staying power. That’s because sodium bicarbonate acts as a buffer in the body, so it decreases lactic acid levels.Here’s how it works. During high-intensity

Chances are you wear a heart-rate monitor on the bike and run but rarely in the pool. So how do you know you're training at the right intensity? One alternative to using a monitor is to measure the intensity of your training using your rate

to progressively give you an overload stimulus that builds speed, endurance and strength.  There are five different training stresses - frequency, duration, intensity, volume and workload. All are important but the most important is intensity. If you train too hard

“The emphasis in all plyometric exercises is on ‘intensity technique’ – the more dynamic the move and the greater the power generated, the fewer foot contacts are required,” says strength and conditioning coach Jamie Sawyer. “As training phases

the right percentage for you. In the 80s, however, an Italian physiologist called Francesco Conconi developed a test to make things a little more convenient. It was designed to pinpoint the ‘threshold intensity’. This is among the most popular

, or easy if you are starting the schedules in good shape. Either way, progress steadily, and be realistic. If in doubt, it’s maybe best to start an easier schedule and move up as the weeks progress. Day Session Distance Pace Time Intensity Tue Slow run