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Interval Training workouts
An Interval Training workout involves adjusting your workout intensity for specific lengths of time to raise and lower your breathing rate, heart rate
and calorie burn. This form of workout allows you to burn more calories than a standard workout in a shorter period of time. Using the Calorie Burn
Rate display, you can adjust the intensity of your workout quickly to achieve your goals.
The Bowflex MAX Trainer cardio machine combines 8 "ACTIVE" and 8 "REST" segments to create an Interval workout. During an "ACTIVE"
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segment, push yourself to a level of high calorie burn that can be repeated for the 8 segments. Then during the "REST" segments, allow yourself
to decrease the intensity and prepare for the next "ACTIVE" segment. These extreme changes in intensity, along with pushing your body toward
exhaustion, is where the maximum benefits are gained from Interval Training workouts.
Interval Training workouts provide variety, help minimize overuse injuries (that sometimes occur from doing only Steady State workouts), maximize
calorie burn and improve fitness.
The Bowflex MAX Trainer cardio machine is designed to cushion your joints and muscles, and both Steady State and Interval Training workouts
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should feel much more comfortable than walking or running outside on a hard surface or a treadmill.
After Burn Rate
At the end of an intense Interval Training workout, your body will actually need to expend additional energy to replenish your body's reserves. This
additional amount of energy that your body will be using is the After Burn Rate, or EPOC (Excess Post-exercise Oxygen Consumption). The level of
this additional energy requirement for your body is directly related to many factors. Some factors are your physical fitness level, intensity level of the
interval training workout, length of oxygen deprivation during the workout, and physical demands during the recovery phase.
In summary, your body will be burning more calories for hours after your workout. So after an intense MAX Interval workout, you may feel the effects
for hours afterwards.
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