Duration or Frequency

Brian1
Brian1 Posts: 595
edited March 2013 in Training, fitness and health
I currently do 1 minute intervals (flat out) with 4 minutes recovery between each one (40 minute session) These have now stopped hurting as much and my question is should I increase the length of each interval or reduce the recovery time.My goals are to drop some weight, increase average speed and improve climbing.Any advice greatly appreciated.Thanks in advance.

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  • ChrisSA
    ChrisSA Posts: 455
    Typically reduce the recovery.
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  • ShutUpLegs
    ShutUpLegs Posts: 3,522
    Sounds like Revolver. 1 minute recovery, 15 reps. Ideal for increasing power output.
  • mamba80
    mamba80 Posts: 5,032
    Both :) mix it up abit.
  • Alex_Simmons/RST
    Alex_Simmons/RST Posts: 4,161
    Brian1 wrote:
    I currently do 1 minute intervals (flat out) with 4 minutes recovery between each one (40 minute session) These have now stopped hurting as much and my question is should I increase the length of each interval or reduce the recovery time. My goals are to drop some weight, increase average speed and improve climbing.Any advice greatly appreciated.Thanks in advance.
    I'd remove the recoveries altogether.
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  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    Alex_Simmons/RST wrote:
    Brian1 wrote:
    I currently do 1 minute intervals (flat out) with 4 minutes recovery between each one (40 minute session) These have now stopped hurting as much and my question is should I increase the length of each interval or reduce the recovery time. My goals are to drop some weight, increase average speed and improve climbing.Any advice greatly appreciated.Thanks in advance.
    I'd remove the recoveries altogether.

    So that's 40 minutes flat-out?

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