Does HITT (high intensity interval training) exercise produce greater health benefits when compared to traditional exercise?

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It is mostly said and believed that HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) is much more effective than traditional training. HIIT (High intensity Interval Training) is a time-efficient exercise strategy to improve cardio-respiratory and metabolic health. It can also induce changes in the skeletal muscle antioxidant enzyme activity and is used in sports training, whereas Traditional Training on the other hand is mainly used by people who just want to obtain a healthy living lifestyle and who want to prolong their life expectancy. In this essay one will be able to draw up a proper conclusion on whether the statement made by the greater population is really true or it's just an individual opinion.
There are debatable statements on whether HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) is good for one’s health or not. In recent research done it was found that HIIT is distinguished to be more enjoyable than moderate-intensity continuous exercise (Bartlett et al. 2011).In some of the research done it has been proven that High intensity Interval Training can improve cardio-respiratory fitness in a range of population including those who suffer from coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, middle age adults with metabolic syndrome and obese people. In many cases, the increase in cardio-respiratory fitness after High Intensity Interval Training was greater to after continuous moderate-intensity training (Wisloff et al. 2007; Tjonna et al. 2008, 2009; Moholdt et al. 2009).Additionally it is said to harmful to other people.
It is also said that HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) is more likely in causing some favorable changes in High-Density Lipoprotein cholesterol and Total cholesterol, but not Total Cholesterol in young adult men...

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