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Variety - Key to Continuous Fat Loss NEW Health Insurance Site with Audio If you don't have variety in your program, you are more than likely to end up at a fat loss plateau soon rather than later. Variety is one of the keys to keeping that fat loss coming. So not only should you have variety within your training week (i.e. alternate between two different interval training workouts, rather than just doing the same interval workout each time), but you should also change these workouts every 4 weeks. So you need to change your training program every 4 weeks. To modify your interval training workouts, you can... switch exercise methods (and even use bodyweight exercises for intervals) increase or decrease the length of the intervals (while decreasing or increasing the intensity, respectively) increase or decrease the number of intervals per workout increase or decrease the rest time between intervals First, let's take a look at the interval methods. Here is my list of preferred ways to do your intervals, ranked in order from best to worst, based on my experiences... 1. Sprinting outdoors (and hills might be the absolute best) . Strongman movements (Farmer's walks, tire flips, car pushing) . Bodyweight interval circuits 4. Treadmill running 5. Stationary cycle (upright preferred) 6. Stairclimber 7. Rower 8. Swimming (only works for competent swimmers) 9. Elliptical & Crosstrainer machines Okay, so how long should you do intervals? First, there does not seem to be a "best" interval training program. But that is good because it allows us to use variety in our approach. (So perhaps the best interval training method is simply the one that changes every 4 weeks.) Interval recommendations have ranged from 15 seconds (from Muscle Media waaaay back in the late 90's), to 5 minutes (these are known as aerobic intervals). So let's take a look at each interval recommendation and all those in between. Exercise & Fitness Videos - Click to Play (changed regularly) Loading... Loading... More about the Video Bar Continued on Next Page Free Exercise Tips Newsletter Sign up for your Free Exercise Newsletter . Primary Email Address NEW Health Insurance Site with Audio Health & Fitness Sites of Interest 24 Hour Fitness Soccer Training Muscle Sculpting Six Pack Abs Weight-Loss-Digest Body Building New Food Nutrition Page Exercise Tips