Fartlek Training Overview

Here’s a great blog post that describes the benefits of Fartlek training, over at www.notyouraveragefitnesstips.com. This kind of exercise program is much more manageable from a timing perspective with our very own Set Starter interval timer.

Advantages of Fartlek Training Session: An Interval Training Workout to Improve Anaerobic and Aerobic Endurance

What is Fartlek? It’s a term that means “speed play” in Swedish and is an interval training workout that involves continuous exercise alternated between low, medium, and high intensity intervals. The main advantages of Fartlek training are that it allows you to burn fat and also improve both anaerobic and aerobic endurance. In other words, it helps you to more efficiently perform really intense exercise as well as improving your overall aerobic capacity.