Muscle & Fitness UK – July 2019

JULY 2019/MUSCLE & FITNESS 51

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ROPE IT IN
Step up to the battle ropes
for a HIIT (high-intensity
intervaltraining) session
to improve your maximum
oxygen-consumption
levels and your upper-
body strength, power, and
endurance, says a 2018 study
published in Medicine &
Science in Sports & Exercise.
Researchers tracked 18 active
adults over six weeks while
doing 10 battle rope sets with
30 seconds on, 60 seconds
off three times a week with
10kg ropes, which increased
by 5kgin Week 4.

PUT THE “D” IN CARDIO

For optimum cardiovascular fitness,

make sure you have normal to high

vitamin D, says a new study published

in the European Journal of Preventative

Cardiology. Scientists found that in a

study of almost 2,000 people, those

with higher levels of vitamin D had

a better capacity for cardiovascular

activity.

ADD IN

ARGININE

A 2018 study showed

that supplementing

with L-arginine while

performing resistance

training can better build

up heart strength as well

as help protect your DNA

from exercise-induced

cell damage. The study,

which was performed on

rats using a special squat

apparatus, put the rodents

through an eight-week

exercise regimen of four

sets of 10 to 12 reps four

times a week.