Breaking up exercise

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Medilia
Medilia Posts: 230 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
So I wanted to do half an hour intense training but I found I can't handle it. Is breaking up intense exercise just as effective?

If I do half an hour broken up into ten minute blocks would I get similar results?

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  • keni88
    keni88 Posts: 22
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    depending on the intensity of the exercise it would be possibly more effective, as you will be able to maintain a higher level of exertion for the bursts of 10mins rather than 'surviving' 30mins. Its the same arguement in theory as HIT training vs endurance running.
  • Zylahe
    Zylahe Posts: 772 Member
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    Doing 3 sets of 10 mins is going to be better than 1 set of 10 mins. ( and isn't that the alternative)
    I actually think its better, as everytime you ex u boost your metabolism a bit.
    I say go for it. As you can give 100 % for each 10 mins which will be better than 50% for 30 mins
  • katemateg
    katemateg Posts: 334 Member
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    I agree with the 2 posts above. If you work at 80% or above for shorter periods it will be more beneficial then doing it for long periods.

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