Can a Once-a-Week Brisk Interval Walk Help Trim Your Waist?

Can a Once-a-Week Brisk Interval Walk Help Trim Your Waist?

Exercising is an efficient way to burn calories, but there’s no getting around the significant time investment required to get our reps in while juggling our personal and professional lives. So, a new study coming out of Hong Kong that supports brisk interval walking as a way of reducing our waist size comes as welcome news. And, better still, one long session is almost as good as three seperate stints, according to the latest science. The new r…

The 30-minute daily workout that beats intense exercise for belly fat loss, according to a trainer

While walking has long been considered the easier option in exercise, mounting evidence suggests this assumption may be wrong.Walking has consistently proven to be one of the most accessible and simple exercise modalities for weight loss, argues certified personal trainer David Zhong.And more importantly, for anyone who dreads spending hours at the gym, it offers a manageable alternative with comparable results.“There are consistent positive res…

Study: Single 75-Minute Session of Interval Walking Per Week May Cut Belly Fat as Much as Three 25-Minute Sessions

Researchers at the University of Hong Kong's School of Public Health found that a single 75-minute session of brisk interval walking per week reduced abdominal fat and improved heart fitness in adults with central obesity about as much as three 25-minute sessions per week, according to findings published in Nature Communications. [1] The randomized clinical trial compared the two exercise schedules with a no-exercise control group. Changes in b…