Lose Weight with Short, Intense Workouts

Sprinting to Weight Loss

By Selene Yeager
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the September 2007 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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Want to lose weight in a hurry? Research shows that brief and intense (with rests in between) trumps dutiful and steady. We explain the new science of getting fit fast.

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