A new study has found that High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) can boost the amount of proteins in skeletal muscle that are essential for energy metabolism and muscle contraction, and chemically alters key metabolic proteins.
Key findings:
- HIIT can boost the amount of proteins in skeletal muscle that are essential for energy metabolism and muscle contraction.
- HIIT can chemically alter key metabolic proteins.
- These changes can help prevent and treat metabolic diseases such as obesity.
Recommendations:
- If you are looking to improve your metabolism and prevent or treat metabolic diseases, consider adding HIIT to your exercise routine.
- HIIT can be done in a variety of ways, so find a method that works for you and that you enjoy.
- Start with a short workout and gradually increase the intensity and duration of your workouts over time.
This can help prevent and treat metabolic diseases such as obesity. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen recruited 8 healthy men to complete 5 weeks of high-intensity cycling training, working out 3 times per week.
The team analysed changes to the composition of proteins in tissue samples collected from the participants’ thighs before and after the training.
They also examined changes relating to acetylation, which is a chemical reaction that can affect the behaviour of proteins.
The study has opened up new possibilities for understanding how exercise impacts metabolism and how it can be used to treat metabolic diseases.