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Getting Fit Fast

Inactive People Can Achieve Major Health and Fitness Gains in a Fraction of the Time                                                                                                                                                                      With so many of us struggling to get enough exercise, scientists have been working on a time-saving solution. According to new research published in The Journal of Physiology , instead of long stints in the gym and miles of running in the cold, the same results could be achieved in less than a third of the time. People of all ages should do three to five hours of endurance training per week to increase health and fitness and prevent chronic diseases and premature mortality. However, most people find it difficult to set aside this much time in their busy lives. The study took existing research to prove that replacing endurance training with two types of interval training, High intensity Interval Training (HIT) and Sprint Interval Tr