Expert shares the ultimate fat-burning training that your health could transform only takes a minute

Exciting debilitating stints in the gym for minute -long sprints can be the key to live longer, protection against heart disease and stimulating brain health.

Professor Katie Hirsch, an expert in the field of practice science at the University of South Carolina, believes that sprinting is one of the best things you can do to protect your heart.

Because it has a major impact, sprinting usually includes short but intense efforts that take somewhere between 15 seconds to a minute, followed by periods of active recovery.

Although this is not a wonder covering for weight loss, it is thought that sprinting can lead to greater fat burning in comparison with sustainable endurance.

“You really maximize your systems in sprinting and that creates a great driver for adjustment,” said Prof Hirsch National geographical.

Of this style of high intensity interval training (HIIT), it has been shown earlier that the V02 Max stimulates – a measure of how much oxygen the body can process during exercise.

A high V02 -Max is associated with a better physical fitness and a lower risk of cardiovascular disease, indicating that the body uses efficiently and uses oxygen from the blood.

But experts say that the benefits do not stop there.

“As we get older, we tend to lose muscle fibers in both size and volume, which is a problem,” explains Professor Heather Vincent, director of the Health Sports Performance Center at the University of Florida.

Over time, this can cause serious problems, such as low back pain, an increased risk of broken bones and sciatica.

But according to Prof Vincent, Spriting can help to preserve this vibres for speed and power-that often used in daily activities that lead to better agility and motion range in later life.

Sprinting is also one of the few cardiovascular exercises that supports bone density, especially in areas such as the spine and hips, she added.

This is a phenomenon known as Wolfe’s law. When someone sprints, they bring high power percentages to the floor by contracting and relaxing their muscles that pull the bones.

It is this stress that has a direct effect on the increase in bone density.

Prof Vincent, however, warned: “It is not necessarily a replacement for strength training, but what it can do is promote the preservation of muscle size and muscle strength.”

Prof. Hirsch agreed to say: “Weights are still your best muscle stimulator, but sprinting stimulates the muscles better than any form of stable cardio, such as a long run or walking.”

But both experts agreed that jogging is the best starting point before Sprint intervals are added to your training routine.

“The first few weeks you can sprint about 70 to 80 percent of the maximum, so you leave the condition of the body,” Professed Vincent.

“Every time you train, your body adjusts a bit and becomes more sustainable and tolerant.”

Although it has been proven that exercise stimulates mental health, experts now say that sprinting can actually help to delay cognitive decline, associated with dementia.

Prof Vincent said: ‘There are now some data to show that sprinting or intensity exercises can actually help to control an age -related decline, such as in Alzheimer’s disease.

She added: “It is that high blood flow that comes from the sprints that seems to be really useful.”

Earlier this year, Spanish researchers discovered that adults who increased their activity levels to about two and a half hours a week, between 45 and 65, were less susceptible to one toxic protein, amyloid, spreading in the brain.

Significant lumps of this protein, as well as another – Tau – can form plaques and tangles.

It is thought that this is behind the symptoms of Alzheimer’s, the main cause of dementia.

It comes when a milestone study also suggested last year that almost half of all cases of Alzheimer’s could be prevented by tackling 14 lifestyle factors.

To reduce the risk of dementia during life, the Commission has also made 13 recommendations for both people and governments.

These include making hearing aids available for anyone who needs it, reducing harmful exposure to noise and increased detection and treatment access for high cholesterol under 40s.