Cardio - shorter workouts are better than 1 long session

Researchers have recently discovered that breaking up your cardio workouts into smaller segments helps to burn more fat than performing cardio in one single long session.

The study, by the University of Tokyo and the Institute of Sports Medicine in Copenhagen, involved 7 men who performed one 60 minute cardio session and 2 sets of 30 minute cardio workouts with a rest of 20 minutes in between. The exercisers worked at an intensity of about 60% maximum oxygen uptake.

The results concluded that there was a higher degree of fat burning when exercisers performed 2 bouts of cardio instead of 1 continuous session.

This is an even better reason to mix up your cardio sessions at the gym. You could perform one session, then do an abs circuit before doing another cardio workout.

You can read the full article here:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/07/070718001504.htm