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one answer is sprint interval training — short bursts of “all-out” exercise with brief recovery periods. studies show that these exercise sprints can improve fitness yet take less time to perform than other types of exercise. researchers at the university of british columbia, okanagan campus, wondered whether inactive young adults would get the same benefits if they did these sprints throughout the day, hours apart, instead of all at the same time. that is, when they needed an energy boost, they took a sprint exercise “snack” — a single short burst of physical activity — instead of taking a full “meal” of several intervals.
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this article was written for the canadian society for exercise physiology by hashim islam, phd. this article summarizes the study little jp, langley j, lee m, myette-côté e, jackson g, durrer c, gibala mj and jung me. 2019. sprint exercise snacks: a novel approach to increase aerobic fitness. european journal of applied physiology . 119:1203–1212. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00421-019-04110-z this summary was written for the canadian society for exercise physiology and has been reviewed by the csep knowledge translation committee.
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