Cardiovascular anaerobic exercise

As you may have guessed from our video posted before the weekend, CERG is quite the proponent of 4&#;4 (&#;four by four&#;) aerobic interval training. We&#;ve compared it to other types of exercise, and found it to be very effective compared to continuous moderate exercise inmultiplestudies.

The video provides a very good introduction, but we&#;d like to address six common sources of confusion:

1. It&#;s too exhausting
If you&#;re not using a heart rate monitor, the rule of thumb is that during the intense parts of interval training, you should be unable to maintain a conversation comfortably.

But what does this actually mean?

Cardiovascular anaerobic exercise examples

That you should exhaust yourself completely? No. A common pitfall is pushing too hard during the high-intensity intervals, so the four minutes exhaust you. The intensity should get your heart rate up, but you should feel capable of continuing another minute after your four are up, and doing another interval after you&#;