High intensity interval training in a real world setting: a randomized controlled feasibility study in overweight inactive adults, measuring change in maximal oxygen uptake.

BACKGROUND: In research clinic settings, overweight adults undertaking HIIT (high intensity interval training) improve their fitness as effectively as those undertaking conventional walking programs but can do so within a shorter time spent exercising. We undertook a randomized controlled feasibilit...

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Main Authors: Helen Lunt, Nick Draper, Helen C Marshall, Florence J Logan, Michael J Hamlin, Jeremy P Shearman, James D Cotter, Nicholas E Kimber, Gavin Blackwell, Christopher M A Frampton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3890270?pdf=render