There’s more news about the study that found a rest break between bouts of exercise helps burn more fat. In fact, it has other benefits, too, including more epinephrine (adrenaline) and a rapid decrease of insulin due to lower blood glucose levels.
The study focused on men using an exercise bike and found the best fat-burning took place in a group that rode for two 30-minute blocks divided by a 20-minute rest period.
Of course, this is all dependent upon getting into the “cardio zone” during both exercise episodes, which is best monitored by periodically checking your heart rate or using a pulse oximeter.
Still, who’d have thought that we’d hear exercise news encouraging us to take a break, eh?
