High-intensity interval training (a.k.a., HIIT) is a triple threat: “It’s quick, easy, and effective,” says Angela Gargano, a certified trainer and creator of Strong Feels Good & Pull-up Revolution.

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Interval training has become very popular these days, thanks to high-intensity interval training, or HIIT. Proponents of this type of exercise say it delivers many of the benefits of a much longer ...

For many, walking outdoors has been a mental health saver over the past year, providing a much-needed reprieve from being cooped up inside during quarantine. Out of pure necessity to get out of the ...

As HIIT's popularity soars, sprint interval training, or SIT, is doing its best to catch up. Can shorter, harder, faster deliver better results? As the popularity of HIIT continues to soar, sprint ...

HIIT workouts are meant to be fast and furious. They rely on explosive exercises like burpees, high knees, kettlebell swings, sprints, and other moves that spike your heart rate and make you sweat — ...

Every so often, a new type of workout seemingly takes the fitness world by storm. The latest in this long line of buzzy fitness fads: the Norwegian 4x4 workout, a high-intensity interval training ...

High-intensity interval training outperforms standard home exercise in improving fitness for patients with inflammatory ...

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The phrase “putting the hammer down” commonly refers to drivers smashing the accelerator pedal to pick up a burst of speed, often to beat a waning yellow light. Runners use this idiom in much the same ...