HIIT vs. Moderate Intensity Exercise - Which Is Better for Your Health? | Dr. Martin Gibala

About this episode

Dr. Gabrielle Lyon discusses the benefits of HIIT versus moderate intensity exercise with Dr. Martin Gibala, focusing on metabolic health and mitochondrial adaptations.

Metabolic flexibility is your body’s ability to efficiently burn fat or carbohydrate depending on demand, may be one of the most important and least understood markers of long-term health. In this episode, I’m with Dr. Martin Gibala to explore the emerging science of Fat Max, why mitochondrial quality is central to both performance and longevity, and how sprint interval training produces comparable mitochondrial adaptations to traditional endurance work in a fraction of the time. Could the key to better metabolic health be less about the hours you log and more about how hard you’re willing to push? Want ad-free episodes? Subscribe to Forever Strong Insider: https://bit.ly/4u5VSRe Get Dr. Martin Gibala’s book, “The One-Minute Workout” here: https://bit.ly/4lxBchq Connect with Dr. Martin Gibala Website: https://bit.ly/3P8ROjd Website: https://bit.ly/3Nfz410 Instagram: https://bit.ly/40qrVhl X.com: https://bit.ly/4b9usCP YouTube: https://bit.ly/3PiVkYh Email: realexercisescience@gmail.com 🙌Thank you to our sponsors: 🛌 Cozy Earth - Go to https://bit.ly/4loRB7A for up to 20% off! 🚴 Carol Bike - Visit https://bit.ly/4b9KFYF and use code LYON for $100 off your CAROL Bike ☕ Four…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Gabrielle Lyon

Guest: Dr. Martin Gibala

Topics covered

• metabolic flexibility
• sprint interval training
• mitochondrial quality
• Fat Max
• exercise intensity

Keywords

• HIIT
• moderate intensity exercise
• metabolic health
• sprint interval training
• mitochondrial adaptations

Sponsors

Cozy Earth, Carol Bike, Four Sigmatic

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Products: The One-Minute Workout

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