| | Athletes.com - Peak Performance - Interval Training 101 - For Cyclists, Swimmers, Skiers & More! |
 | | Although critics carp that interval sessions are unrealistic and not specific to competition (few races feature the recovery periods which are characteristic of interval workouts), one can find little fault with the way they enhance the quality of training. |
 | | Interval training made its way into a scientific journal for the first time in 1959, when German exercise scientist H Reindell and colleagues described specific interval training carried out by top athletes and formulated some basic rules for interval work (4,5). |
 | | Variably-paced intervals were also employed with great success in the 1980s by Said Aouita of Morocco, who held world records for both the 1500 and 5000m and ran at speeds ranging from lactate-threshold velocity all the way up to 1500m competition speed within the same session, with interval distances ranging from 200-3000m. |
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