Who should perform Interval Training?

Interval training is stressful on the cardiorespiratory, cardiovascular, skeleton structure, and muscles of the body. Therefore, only those individuals who are currently in training should perform interval training. If you are just starting an exercise program your muscles will need time to adapt before you start a interval training program. In this case it is recommended that you start a walking-jogging program until your conditioning adapts to strenuous training.

Most Common Mistakes:

• Starting an interval training program before your have been training for one month.  
• Starting an interval-training program before your muscles have adapted to strenuous exercise.  
• Failure to follow the interval training heart rate recommendations.  
• Failure to follow the interval training duration.  
• Failure to allow the body to recover before beginning the next stress interval.  
• Failure to perform the recovery week of the Microcycle.  
• Failure to use a heart rate monitor to monitor heart rates.  
• Failure to follow a warm-up and cool-down routine.  
• Failure to allow for a day of rest between interval training.

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