Catch you on the flip side - Extra Training - Brief Article

Muscle & Fitness/Hers, April-May, 2002

> In every gym around the nation, you'll see exercisers all facing the same direction on a row of treadmills. If you don't mind bucking the trend, try jogging backward for five-minute intervals the next time you run. Since your feet are on the ground for a shorter amount of time, which makes your muscles move faster and work harder, running in reverse burns up to 32% more calories than going forward, according to a study from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.