Although I'm not an absolute beginner ... my wife is... We are both in our mid 40's. I was surprised when she could only last 7 minutes on the stationary bike.. I would like to somehow get her to increase that to about 30 minutes before I surprise her with HIIT/Interval training... To accomplish this which would be better?
1. Have her keep current pace for 1 minute, slow down for 2 minutes
2. Have her keep current pace for 1 minute, total rest for 2 minutes.
3. Have her keep current pace and add 15 seconds or 1/2 minute to each workout.
4. Figure out something with the intensity? Same intensity 1 minute.. lower for 2 minutes...?
I don't know why I want her to get to 30 minutes except that I just feel that anyone should at least be able to do that before attempting any sprints or anything like that on a stationary bike...
I have a feeling that 1,2 and 4 are already a form of interval training.
So the question is... which is best? or are all the above ok?.. Do a different one every workout?
I guess I am also trying to figure out if it's better to bike seven minutes steady state ( total workout time 7 minutes), or maybe 10 minutes of actual biking with rests in between instead? ( total workout time maybe 20 minutes)
Sorry for the long post...
