In the authors' words
“Six weeks of HIIT elicited safe, time-efficient metabolic and autonomic adaptations in postmenopausal women.”
What was measured
- Fitness Reported an improvement
- Blood sugar and insulin Mixed results
- Fatigue Reported an improvement
About the study
- Type
- Before-and-after study
- Who took part
- Postmenopausal
- How many
- 20
- How long
- 6 weeks
- Exercise
- High-intensity intervals
- Cited
- 1 times, per Europe PMC
- PubMed ID
- 42467824
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Similar studies
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- In postmenopausal breast cancer survivors, 6 weeks of interval or continuous aerobic training both improved cardiorespiratory fitness by about 12%, with interval training also improving strength and weight more.
- In postmenopausal women, 2 weeks of low-volume high-intensity interval cycling raised peak oxygen uptake while a longer moderate-intensity continuous program did not reach significance for that measure.
- Overweight or obese postmenopausal women did combined HIIT and resistance training three times weekly for 12 weeks, and researchers found reduced abdominal fat and increased muscle mass and fitness versus controls.