The Science of High Intensity Interval Training | Martin Gibala PhD

**Dr. Gabrielle Lyon** (0:02)
Welcome to The Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show, where I believe a healthy world is based on transparent conversations.
In today's episode of The Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show, I sit down with Dr. Martin Gibala. He's a professor and the Faculty of Science Research Chair in Integrative Exercise Physiology at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. His research examines the mechanistic basis of exercise responses and the impacts on health and performance. Dr. Gibala's laboratory is internationally recognized for studies on interval training. This guy is truly a world-leading expert and maverick in examining interval training, and this work has attracted immense scientific attention and worldwide media coverage.
In today's episode, we dive deep into interval training, high-intensity interval training, sprint interval training, the mechanisms by how these things work, the minimum amount you need, how an individual designs a protocol based on age and outcome desired. And what does the science actually say about high-intensity interval training compared to other training modalities? I absolutely loved sitting down with Dr. Gibala. He is an amazing interview, very charismatic, and a brilliant science communicator. As always, if you like this episode of the show, please rate it, subscribe, share it. We do our best to bring you evidence-based information with world-leading experts.
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**Dr. Martin Gibala** (5:02)
Thank you for the opportunity.

**Dr. Gabrielle Lyon** (5:04)
This is going to be great.
So basically, when I asked you, Phillips, this was a handful of years ago, I said, so tell me who is the guy, the guy to go to for high intensity interval training? And of course, you were number one on the list. I would love for you to share a little bit about your research, how you got where you are, and what you are currently doing in your lab.

**Dr. Martin Gibala** (5:28)
Yeah, so happy to delve into that. And I think interval training right off the top, it's one of those things we tend to rediscover every decade or so. So sometimes I'm called the guru, but it makes me quite uncomfortable because clearly there's many good people working in the area and a lot of good folks have come before me even in studying this from a scientific perspective. But athletes have been using interval training since the turn of the century.