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30 seconds of frantic exercise - oh yeah!

LittleGreyCat

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7852987.stm

This reports on research which indicates that 30 seconds of frantic exercise followed by a long rest is better for you than prolonged exercise, and much more effective in reducing blood glucose.

At last!

My approach to sex has been vindicated by real science! 8)

Four times, you say?

Doctor, about those extra pills...... :lol:
 
Well I had my 30 seconds of frantic exercise this evening.....when the grill caught fire in my kitchen. Jumping up and down, shouting "Fire! Fire!" like Manuel in Fawlty Towers, I could not reach over the flames to turn the controls off, so frantic Manuel impersonations gave me a very quick burst of on the spot exercise instead!! :lol:
 
Chasing the dog around for 30 minutes whilst shouting "Leave it you b#####d!" after he's nicked my new new pair of spectacles from the bookshelf and proceeded to run around the house chewing the lenses with a manic smile on his face which seems to say "Chase me", does that count? If so, I need to cancel my gym membership and set up a direct debit with Visionexpress. :twisted:
 
I once read somewhere that laughing is like internal jogging! So a huge thanks to both of you chocoholic and popps, I can just picture the scenes in your household, I laughed so much that I have done a whole lot more than my 30secs of exercise today ROTFL!

Keep it up

Lots of love

Karen x
 
On a slightly more serious note

At first glance this seems to suggest that you are better off doing a few short bursts that more prolonged training.

This might even imply that longer bouts of regular exercise are not good for you.

I think the main point being made here is that short bursts of high intensity exercise can have a more dramatic effect on your fitness than longer periods of steady less intense exercise.

However I see no reference to any study of people who went jogging/running for an hour and during that exercise session included four bouts of thirty second long intense sprinting.

As far as I know this kind of mixed training has for a long time been recommended as a way if increasing both fitness and stamina.

I think that this may highlight that steady exercise for stamina, overall fitness and weight control should include short sessions of high intensity activity to maximise the fitness gains.

It isn't a choice between methods - more of a reminder that the occasional hard push during your exercise period can have major additional benefits.

You certainly aren't going to burn a lot of calories in 30 seconds!

So it is slow and steady for a while followed by a short burst of frantic activity. :wink:

Cheers

LGC

P.S. I thought that a short burst of intense exercise without a steady warm up and a base level of fitness was a recipe for a heart attack - one of the reasons that squash players used to keel over.
 
Hi LittleGreyCat,
I wouldn't worry too much about it. It will be something different next month. If what you normally do is working for you why change it?
Catherine.
 
30 seconds of frantic exercise ----- Wot no band at half time


Doin my best guv
Dave P
 
That must be why tennis is so good. Club members are playing well into their 70s, with no allowance for age.

Quick dash to the net, then a rest between points. Perfect. Then home to bed
 
I was listening to someone on the radio yesterday (or maybe Tuesday!) who did the study. The idea was that you did 30 sec of VERY vigorous exercise, the hardest you can do. The idea is that you give your heart a major workout. They did say that the exercise is not expected to help you lose weight! But, it will kick your body into action. Which is where the benefit for diabetics comes in. As we know, the benefit of exercise on BG levels isn't what happens when or immediately after you exercise. It's about what happens after all the body systems return to 'resting' state. I don't know the proper words, I'm afraid! After the adrenaline and other hormones or whatever have gone back to normal levels????
 
if you go on a cardio machine thats calcs the calories burned, it does actually burn them quicker than a steady workout. I know - I tried it last night!! Also got off the machine after just 10 mins with 4 30 sec burns and my legs were like jelly - and burned a lot more cals than usual!!!

I'd say if you are reasonably healthy then its a good alternative and stops your body conditioning itself to steady exercise.

Most people who train to a plan are told to change every few weeks to retrain in a different way - ie lighter weights but more reps.
 

the trouble is with this is it may raise your BG levels, in fact on the runsweet site they suggest a similar burst of activity as a tactic to stop hypos during exercise

http://www.runsweet.com/AvoidingHypos.html
 
i was at a lecture given by ian gallen a few months ago where he talked about this type of training- alot of athletes use this anyway to improve speed. he said he was going to put the presentation on run sweet - havent checked it tho.
 
phoenix said:
the trouble is with this is it may raise your BG levels, in fact on the runsweet site they suggest a similar burst of activity as a tactic to stop hypos during exercise
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I'd tend to agree: try it but test, a big dump of adrenaline and cortisol may have both wanted and unwanted effects simultaneously
 
I regularly run for 30 mins as a warmup & then do a weights session. As I am trying to lose weight and improve my fitness levels I have always done high reps of the weights and have been sprinted for 10-15secs about 8-9 times during the warmup run.

Nice to see I was doing something right without realising it!
 
I touch my slippers 20 times every morning.
Then if I still feel OK I get out of bed and put them on


"Exercise is for people who have lost their remote control" Homer Simpson :lol:
 
It took me MUCH longer than 30 seconds to get up the LOO...OONg hill this morning. Does 30 seconds puffing at the top count?
 
At last, some support for something I have been practising for two years: 100 steps on my bathroom stool (50 up, 50 down) when my reading is a little high at the wrong time (say, above 9mmol) will invariably reduce the reading by 2-3 mmol and keep it down! This seemed so bizarre that I have hitherto kept it to myself...

More info, as requested by Patch: I am male, type 1, diagnosed 4 yrs ago, BMI and blood pressure normal, on metformin, latest HbA1c: 6.1
 
REALLY?!? That seems like a major benefit for minor effort! I'll be trying that one...

(How heavy/tall are you, and what meds are you on?)
 
Get a greyhound, my daughter's rehomed greyhound runs around the garden at lightening speed for around 30 sec and wears himself out! You could get one and run with it LOL :wink:
 
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