At this time of year many people are looking to get fit and drop a few pounds after the festive session. One popular way of doing this is by running as it does not require any expensive equipment or gym membership (just a decent pair of trainers will do) and can be done pretty much anywhere. It is also a very effective calorie burner. One problem though with this form of exercise is that like many other training methods, people often fall into their comfort zones. They run the same distance/routes at the same pace. What was once challenging soon becomes easy as the body quickly adapts to the training stimulus and before you know it you have hit the dreaded plateau and the results you were seeing start to decrease as your body maintains its current level. A simple way of getting over the plateau is to increase the distance you are running but that is not the only way and in this post we will look at interval training as another option.

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