Interval Training

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  1. Dempsey08

    Dempsey08 New Member Full Member

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    What's better for interval training, an exercise bike or a rowing machine?

    I want to start interval training cause my conditioning is terrible. i live in a city so sprints are impractical.

    Thanks in advance
     
  2. Jennifer Love Hewitt

    Jennifer Love Hewitt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I would think that the rowing machine would use up more muscles.
     
  3. MrSmall

    MrSmall Member Full Member

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    Do sprints on a treadmill, ramp up the speed, then drop, and then repeat.

    Exercise bike tigthens your hamstrings, apparently.
     
  4. boxingtactics07

    boxingtactics07 Active Member Full Member

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    Jump-Rope, I would pick that for a boxer over anything else.
     
  5. Jazzo

    Jazzo Non-Facebook Fag Full Member

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    Vary it.

    Interval training is good for the heart.

    We still think that we are prey and so need to work in intervals.
     
  6. boxbible

    boxbible Active Member Full Member

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    If you're out of shape, then you want to build an aerobic base before starting any anaerobic activity or interval training. Cos without any stamina, you're interval training will poop out real quick and you'll still be in bad shape. You might develop tremendous output for a round or two, then pppffffffffffttt... flat tire.

    Get in 30-40 minute runs, or biking, or rowing, or vary them... for a month. Then start interval training with 20 second bursts gradually building up the length of time per interval and increasing the number of intervals. But still keep doing the aerobic work on separate days.

    Then gradually incorporate the interval training while doing the aerobic work.... meaning, instead of taking total breaks between intervals, continue with aerobic activity during breaks. For instance, you would combine the jogging and sprinting into one workout. So, instead of sprinting, resting, sprinting, resting, you would sprint, keep jogging, sprint, keep jogging, etc...