Just 1 minute of intense exercise produces health benefits similar to 50 minutes of moderate exercise

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OK, original article is here: http://www.kurzweilai.net/just-1-minute-of-intense-exercise-produces-health-benefits-similar-to-50-minutes-of-moderate-exercise

 

Shortly:

Canadian scientist took two group of men. One was doing three 20 sec burst interval with max speed and 2 min low intensity cycling Second group was doing 45 min moderate intensity cycling. Both group have 3 min warm-up and 2 min cool down.

 

After 3 month both group show similar 19% improvement in cardio-respiratory fitness (peak oxygen uptake)

 

So first group was spending 10 min daily, second group was doing 50min workout.

 

Conclusions: Twelve weeks of brief intense interval exercise improved indices of cardio metabolic health to the same extent as traditional endurance training in sedentary men, despite a five-fold lower exercise volume and time commitment.

 

I tried it and I can do 30sec burst with 8mph with 2 min walk easily 4-6 times (15 min) or I can run 5.8mph for 35-40 min.

 

What do you think?