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SSE 249: An Update on Interval Training for Performance and Health

Course Objectives

  • Define interval training and distinguish ways to characterize the method with a focus on the classification of intensity
  • Describe the intensity distribution that is typically practiced by high-level endurance athletes and explain recent research that considers the best way to structure the portion of training spent at high intensity
  • Explain the importance of maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) as a direct measure of the clinical correlate cardiorespiratory fitness and discuss research that has compared the response of VO2peak to continuous moderate-intensity training and different types of interval training
  • List examples of simple and practical interval training strategies that have been shown to increase VO2max and be associated with a reduced risk for all-cause mortality

Course

Credits

Course Expiration

ACSM

1

01/16/2028

BOC

1

01/16/2028

Commission on Dietetic Registration

1

01/09/2028

CSCCa

1

01/16/2028

Reference Article

https://www.gssiweb.org/docs/default-source/sse-docs/sse_249.pdf?sfvrsn=2