How to play sports: take breaks!

Be sure to include short periods of rest during intense exercise, as recommended by the experts. They not only allow the muscles to relax, but also make your body more athletic and fit.

If every time you Sports facilities   you feel like a squeezed lemon, it's time to change tactics of exercise. Researchers from the University of Stirling found that short intervals to rest during intense physical exertion allow the muscles to recover, and the body to take a more pleasant sporty proportions.

Although the study revolved around cyclists, the authors believe that their findings obtained it is possible to apply in respect of all other sports. During observations of 12 cyclists were divided into two groups. The first classes were as usual, but in the second they included a alternation of intensive physical exertion   and short periods of rest for four minutes.

After four weeks, the group has been tested. It was found that the most useful system Sports facilities   It was the one which used high loads together with pauses to rest. In the first group, where cyclists and a half hours straight pedaled, maintaining an average rate of movement and not overstrained, the results were worse.

Scientists believe that after long loads muscles is more difficult to recover than after shorter, but more intense. In addition, it allows the person to pause after completion of training feel less tired and haggard. (READ MORE)

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