Taking a well-deserved breather in the middle of your workout could help you burn more body fat than exercising continuously, according to the results of a study published in the June edition of the Journal of Applied Physiology. Researchers at the University of Tokyo found that when individuals took a 20-minute rest between two half-hour bouts of exercise, they burned more fat than when they exercised non-stop for 60 minutes.

Blood tests performed on the exercising volunteers revealed ...

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