Episode 34 - Prof. Martin Gibala - Sprint Interval Training & "The One Minute Workout"

In this episode David is joined by Professor Martin Gibala of MacMaster University. 

 

Professor Gibala's research examines the regulation of skeletal muscle energy provision and he is particularly interested in the potential for exercise and/or nutrition to induce metabolic adaptations at the molecular and cellular levels in humans. In addition to basic, mechanistic studies, he also conducts applied research that examines the impact of exercise training and dietary manipulation on sport performance. Recently the work in his laboratory has focused on two main areas:

(1) Metabolic adaptations to low-volume, high-intensity interval training, with an emphasis on the regulation of oxidative energy provision.

(2) The potential for alterations in nutrient availability to impact the acute or chronic adaptations to exercise training.

 

David and Professor Gibala discuss the following:

 

Sprint Interval training & "The One Minute Workout"   Q2. Is only a couple of minutes of intense exercise a week really enough to elicit an increase in fitness and improve health?   Q3. What kind of increase in health and fitness can we expect to see from this low volume, high-intensity exercise?   Q4. What level of intensity / resistance should an individual use and how they determine this?    Q5. What are the underlying mechanisms that allow such a response from such little exercise?   Q6. What populations is this type of exercise suited to? Is it just for trained individuals or does it have applications in clinical and general populations? How would people go about beginning such a program?   Q7. Does everyone respond similarly to this style of training? What is the level of non-responders like? What level of dose response do we see to elicit maximal results?   Q8. What direction should future research go in this area?    For full show notes: www.hpascience.com/episode34