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High-intensity sprint training can reduce abdominal fat tissue more effectively than moderate-intensity aerobic training with similar energy expenditure.
If you have time constraints or want to target abdominal fat, consider incorporating high-intensity sprint training. It may be more effective for abdominal fat loss than moderate-intensity exercise, even if you burn the same number of calories.
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a 15-week sprint training, mainly relying on anaerobic metabolism, effectively leads to a reduction in abdominal fat tissue, while moderate-intensity training relying on aerobic metabolism, with similar energy expenditure (60% VO2max, about 200 kcal, three times a week), did not result in fat tissue reduction in young women
Why this rating
Based on a single study (Trapp et al., 2008) in young women.
Source
Genetics of Exercise and Diet-Induced Fat Loss Efficiency: A Systematic Review
Aleksandra Bojarczuk et al. · Journal of Sports Science and Medicine · 2024
DOI 10.52082/jssm.2024.236
systematic_review · n=12434Cited 7×
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