Getting fabulous looking abs that you can flaunt in a low waist jeans and a figure hugging t-shirt is every girl’s dream. And, when it comes to guys, they want those intricately sculpted six pack abs that will have girls drooling over them. Therefore, it’s no great surprise that an overwhelming majority of fitness freaks concentrate on abdominal exercises.

It is the bitter truth of life, but we are living in times where space is a constraint. Sure, we’d like sprawling mansions with a fully equipped gym to take care of all your exercise needs, but that’s not possible for all of us. Or at least most of us!

The demands of modern life are such that we often end up ignoring the more important things, such as exercise and healthy eating. Most of us usually eat to satiate pangs of hunger, not to replenish the essential nutrients the body needs to carry on with day to day activities. Honestly, how many of us can claim to be careful about what goes into our bodies?

What is heart rate training? In very simple words, there are 5 heart rate zones in your body and we will explain them later on in this article. When you use your heart rate zones to monitor the intensity of your workout, it is known as heart rate training.

Interval training is not a new concept, though it has become a much better understood one these days. In its most rudimentary form interval training was referred to as "fartlek," meaning “speed play.” Slow and easy exercise was alternated with short and fast bursts of intensive exercise. Fartlek was an unstructured form of training, but today’s interval training is very specific and highly sophisticated. In fact, it is possible to create special interval to suit the specific requirements of individual athletes.