咁高強度,普通人都做得嗎?不少朋友聽到「高強度」 3個字就嚇親。其實,從筆者平日的健身教學觀察,學生往往只是在初期不習慣,但只有適當循序漸進,他們絕大部分都能享受上述HIIT的好處。文獻也指出,做 HIIT不一定要 all-out爆到盡,80% 左右強度已有不俗效果。再者,各人可按自己能力做HIIT,急步行對於比部分較少運動的朋友已算高強度,照做可也。外國甚至有不少醫院會叫心血管病患者做 HIIT (認真的!),得出的結論係康復效果更好,風險也十分低。 最近,著名加拿大權威教授、有「現代HIIT之父」之稱的 Prof. Martin Gibala 更出版一名為《The One Minute Workout》 的書,運用他10多年的專門研究經驗,科學地論證何以把HIIT安全、省時、有效地應用在普羅大眾 keep fit身上! 科學文獻:1. Gibala, M. J., Little, J. P., Macdonald, M. J., & Hawley, J. A. (2012). Physiological adaptations to low-volume, high-intensity interval training in health and disease. J Physiol, 590, 1077-1084 2. Stork, M. J., Banfield, L. E., Gibala, M. J., & Martin Ginis, K. A. (2017). A scoping review of the psychological responses to interval exercise: is interval exercise a viable alternative to traditional exercise? Health Psychol Rev, 1-21. 3. Ciolac, E., Guimaraes, G., D'Avila, V., Bortolotto, L., Doria, E., & Bocchi, E. (2009). Acute effects of continuous and interval aerobic exercise on 24-h ambulatory blood pressure in long-term treated hypertensive patients. International Journal of Cardiology, 133(3), 381-3 4. LCSD. (2012). Leisure and Cultural Service Department, Healthy Exercise for All Campaign –Physical Fitness Test for the Community: Final Summary Report Retrieved 24th Jan, 2016, from http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/EP Fitness & Health 創辦人、運動科學博士生及認可體能健身教練 如想認識更多運動健康資訊,請即到:網頁:https://www.ericpoonfitness.comFB 專頁:https://www.facebook.com/ericpoonfitness