You have heard many times around you that there are many people who are always giving the excuses that they are not getting enough time to exercise which are keeping away to be fit, even sometime you may also find himself giving the same excuses. But the new researches claimed that even a short but intensive bursts of workout are as effective as hours of moderate training.

The study was done on the benefits of high intensity interval training, which is commonly known as HIT, more from this study they suggested that staying in shape is not at all time consuming affair.

The researchers found that HIT is "a time-efficient but safe alternative to traditional types of moderate long term exercise".

The HIGH INTENSITY TRAINING involves the exercises like running, cycling at almost effort for a minute and then resting for a minute before repeating the process around 10 times, which is reported in the telegraph report.

To carry on the researches they decided to, volunteers rode an exercise bike in stints lasting just 60 seconds while peddling hard enough to get close to their maximum heart rate. Tests afterwards showed that their muscles had improved as much as if they had been involved in endurance training.

According to the Prof Martin Gibala, who led the research, said the study "proved that it was possible to get more by doing less".

His report, published in the Journal of Physiology, said it was not clear why HIT was so effective but it appeared to "stimulate many of the same cellular pathways" as traditional training regimes.

"The findings also meant that a lack of free time was no longer an excuse for refusing to exercise," Prof Gibala said.