Does low-intensity continuous training compared to high-intensity interval training improve VO2 on-kinetics in previously untrained subjects?
Both low-intensity continuous training and high-intensity interval training are similarly effective at improving VO2 on-kinetics in untrained subjects over a six-week period.
Six weeks of low-intensity continuous training and high-intensity interval training were similarly effective in enhancing VO2 on-kinetics following step transitions to moderate and severe exercise in previously untrained subjects.
Berger et al. (Wed,) studied this question.