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After 70, only one type of workout helps you lose fat without losing muscle
Groups of healthy seniors spent months in the gym, and researchers watched what the scale could not show.
For adults over 70, only one type of exercise cuts fat without shrinking muscle
The option many older adults are told to pick as the gentler one may still come with a quiet cost.
After 70, only one workout burned fat without quietly eating into muscle
Three groups of healthy over-70s hit the gym for six months, and only one came out ahead on both counts.
Just 3 minutes of sprinting may trigger changes that 90 minutes of cardio cannot
Six 30-second sprints triggered far more changes in heart- and metabolic-health proteins than a 90-minute moderate bike ride.
Two minutes of all-out sprinting can burn as many calories as a 20-minute jog
A small Canadian study says short repeat sprints match a longer easy run.
Four minutes of Tabata burns more calories per minute than most gym workouts
Eight brutal rounds. Four minutes. The numbers are hard to ignore.