That means I have 13 gloriously free minutes before Im supposed to enter to work.
I could go wild and Swiffer the floors (god knows they need it).
I could open up my laptop early like I normally do.
Thats why, over the last decade, researchers have pushed to see just how low we can go.
How does the CAROL Bike work?
CAROL stands for Cardiovascular Optimization Logic, which sounds very fancy, and, well, it kinda is.
professor of exercise and sport science at Western Colorado University
This strategy has been coined REHIT, or reduced exertion high intensity training.
But theCAROL Bike($2595) brings this science right inside of peoples homes.
So its personalizing that sprint for you.
You would expect to see these types of benefits, he says.
Fitting it in the recommended three times a week sounds easy-peasy.
Im a fitness editor, after all, and run marathons for fun.
After one go-around with the tiger, I stick with the muzak.
Each ride starts off two minutes ofsuperslow pedaling.
(A heart rate monitor strapped to my chest gives me away any time I get overzealous.)
The bike manages the resistance for me, and at this point theres barely any.
Meanwhile, prompts on the screen cue my ideal breathing pattern.
So technically, its an eight-minute-and-40-secondlong workout, but whos counting?
Well, I am.
As short as the workout is, it doesnt feel like it goes by quickly.
I find the slow pedaling so slow that its frankly boring.
Im just waiting around for the sprint, and often end up scrolling my phone until its go-time.
But before I tried CAROL, I figured eight minutes was too short to get bored.
Cant a girl get an excuse to skip her 8-minute workouts around here?
Peoples seasons and availability to work out ebbs and flows, Dr. Dalleck points out.
Which makes sense to me: This can be one tool in aperiodized approach to training.
And there are times when this machine is truly ideal.
Our participants were university employees and hospital employees who were really busy, he says.
And so the idea is, you know, they needed a tiny, efficient workout.
(And, adds Dr. Dalleck, most of the participants even reported enjoying it!)
I definitely understand that tiny, efficient appeal.
Sure, it may not be my favorite mode of movement, personally.
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