Save the high intensity exercise for during the day, though; an intense evening workout can actually make it tougher to wind down.
Research is also ongoing into the potential benefits for more short-term, high intensity exercise.
Interval training is built on short bursts of high intensity exercise offset by rest and recovery.
Kemppainen, J. et al. High intensity exercise decreases global brain glucose uptake in humans.
I also tend to get more minutes of high intensity exercise when doing yard work.
High intensity exercise increases the metabolic demand of skeletal muscles and the brain39,40,42,43,44,45, in proportion to degree of activation.
Because of the strain HIIT puts on your heart, Vollaard recommends consulting your doctor before starting any kind of high intensity exercise.
High intensity exercise increases neurotrophins and neurological reward via altered striatal dopamine in animals, and, in humans, chronic high intensity exercise enhances meal-induced satiety and may reduce hedonic eating.
Peretti A, Mauri L, Masarin A, Annoni G, Corato A, Maloberti A, Giannattasio C, Vignati G. Cardiac Biomarkers Release in Preadolescent Athletes After an High Intensity Exercise.
Low-intensity exercise induces better exercise adherence as relative to moderate and high intensity exercise.
