Article: Sprinting to weight loss: want to lose weight in a hurry? Research shows that brief-and-intense (with rests in between) trumps dutiful-and-steady. Selene Yeager explains the new science of getting fit fast.(bodywise)

GAINING WEIGHT CAN DO THAT TO YOU: MICHELLE Falkenstein, a 45-year-old teacher and mother of three from Saskatchewan, felt discouraged, demoralized, and depressed. But she also had determination. Like millions of women, she had struggled with her weight and self-esteem much of her adult life. Then her doctor added high cholesterol to her list of woes. "That was it," she recalls. "I needed to change what I was doing."

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Except that she was doing everything right. Falkenstein spent 45 minutes a day on cardio machines at her gym and another 30 or 40 minutes lifting weights. She was dieting, but her weight wouldn't budge. To cut down on ...

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