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Show f ! hi : ; i vr jggimig mferval SraimiDiniq BY LAUREN DAVISON Staff Writer , . Im about to give you the best news ever. Ready for it? You can officially eliminate from your workout jogging regimen. Most sane people know that lengthy periods of jogging are comparable to Chinese water torture. I bitterly applaud those who can breeze through hours on the treadmill or miles in a marathon. As much as Ive tried, I am not one of those people. But thats OK because, as it turns out, there is a better way to spend your time on the treadmill. Its interval training. It will kick your butt, and you will love it. Interval training is when you continuously change and maximize speed and intensity while running. In an interval workout, you can design your routine with low speeds and high speeds. For example, you could walk quickly for a minute and a half, and then run as fast as you can for 30 seconds. Then, repeat the intervals for 20 to 40 minutes. According to runner-sworld.co- interval training strengthens the cardiovascu lar system and forces more blood through results in which the body, more efficient coordination between the muscles and nervous system, fnterval training may also help reduce the risk for chronic diseases by maintaining better blood sugar control. Not to mention, interval training bums more calories than jogging. After a interval workout, your body continues to bum calories for eight hours. After jogging, oxygen-ric- h high-intensi- ::r E ty & l a O V Q i X VS E V- - i " ' f issue ' 4 j f S l i T 4 V 4 u. y high-intensi- 14 " your body stops burning calories the moment you stop A u moving, according to fitness. mercola.com. I concocted my own interval HI 71 z routine that would challenge inf . me but also not kill me. My routine consisted of two minutes of walking at 5 mph and one minute of sprinting at about 9 mph. I decided to do 10 sets of intervals, which ended up being 30 minutes. Gabbie Holbrook, a junior communication major from Taylorsville, gets her cardio Of those 30 minutes, 10 were mill. Interval training is less dreadful and more productive than jogging. sprinting and 20 were moderate walking. good inside. I was automatijust stop now? angry music enhances the I hopped on the treadmill, I didnt stop. Instead, I drive. cally in a better mood, and not just because I burned The last half of the interval pumped to start the workout. I blasted my most aggressive held on to my motivation and Rise Against song and got in double the amount of calories routine left me feeling strong, until the fifth and in half the time as I norvigor cycle, my zone. powerful and like I could thats when I started to feel is the the zone dominate of Seizing key mally do jogging. I felt pride every aspect my the bum. I was about halfway to mastering the hard parts of life. I stepped off the treadbecause I didnt quit when I 30 the minutes. mill feeling like Madonna, the workout. I like focusing wanted to. through My face stalled forming sweat on the things that stress me minus the overly toned arms. Interval training may be started to out or Those me. Not did feel more difficult physically, but droplets. My lungs aggravate only my body feel tight. My shoulder had a tilings help motivate me to tired, the ultimate sign of a its easier mentally. Because weird pain. I thought, Can I run faster and harder, and the successful workout, but I felt there are breaks after every JJ i pal rig sio be esp workout in on the tread- Pri sprint. I saw the sprints as the cai ty obstacles to overcome, and me that entertained my mind, an int entertainment you cant get cat lea from endless jogging. replacing jog- on s ging with interval training. als You can get more interval He routines to chose from at Im officially as Shape.com. Now get on the treadmill and show it whos boss. I f V y 1 1 f f i t i Snow Canyons Petrified Dunes await climbers, offer panoramic nature walk N . U )V . i BY KESHARA B JORKMAN Staff Writer Aaron Hall, a sophomore communication major from St. George, flips through old notes for his newly published book, Foreordained. Halls novel sheds light on the power that forges both good and evil. COVER continued from page illustrated on the page with 5 the bad guy. I certainly did. King Barnabas isnt the kind of villain who gets on my nerves and has no real purpose to his evil deeds. Instead, he has a malicious power complex most evidently shown in the way he torments Jason. King Barnabas makes an oath to prevent Jasons ascension to the throne. It comes off as borderline cowardice when the king tells Jason of his plan to relentlessly test the boys worthiness to rule the throne. Perhaps its a way of mentally torturing the boy, but after Jason witnesses King Barnabas behead one of his guards in cold blood, his moment of retaliation is my favorite moment in tire whole book. A week ago, I didnt want to be king, Jason said. I didnt understand why I had to be tire one to take the throne. But I think Im starting to. From then on, I turned the pages with chills on my arms wondering how Jason would prove King Barnabas and himself wrong. When writing a story like this, tire magic is in the details. Hall gives off an almost George R.R. Martin-esqu- e style of writing. Every angle of light and drop of sweat is There is no better feeling than standing on a giant slab of sandstone in-- timately descriptive language. An encounter with one of the kings assassins, which would only feel like moments to Jason, throws the reader right into the action with paragraphs containing intense imagery. You can feel the aching thud every time Jason is thrown to the ground or the burst of energy when an enemy charges at him. Nothing compares to the scene where King Barnabas reveals hes been meddling with ancient dark magic. He traps Jason in a nightmare vision using only the reflection in a water basin. Jason experiences hell 10 times over as King Barnabas cascades his mind with images of death and destruction making blood burst out of his body and breaking all of his bones. Of course, all of it is just an illusion cast by an evil spell. It was the most terrifying scene Ive ever read. Halls greatest achievement is bringing to light the power that makes us good or evil. For a newly published author, Hall beats out any disposition readers may have while opening up a fantasy book with Foreordained. Readers will easily satisfy all of their mystical kingdom, godly dragon and usurped king cravings in this paperback tale. Jj with your eyes closed and arms outstretched, imagining you are the king of the world. Even if you are slightly afraid of heights, it is not an impossible feat to reach status. The Petrified Dunes at Snow Canyon in Ivins are ready to be climbed. Really, you can easily just walk up them if you look for the right spots for your feet. I headed up and over the sandstone dunes with some friends, a Camelbak andan open mind for exploring. We just went for it. The nice thing about Snow Canyon State Park is that it is opetl, and wanderers senses of direction do not easily falter since the same cliff sides and mountains can be seen from almost anywhere you go. I liked the views the most, but what made it worth it was being able to roam off the trail, said Tevin Orr from St. George, who hiked the Petrified Dunes. There are several towering dunes to climb when you go on the Petrified Dunes trail, but we headed for the northern-moone. h vv wit Vl king-of-the-wo- st Crt J 2X M The Petrified Sand Dunes in Snow Canyon State Park present hikers with a shnple getaway. The views atop the dunes are beautiful and empowering. The upward slope to the top is long but not too steep. The natural steps in the stone make the trek upward a lot easier than youd think. The only reason it took me so long to get to the top was because I kept stopping to take pictures. It was very beautiful, said Rachelle Robertson from Vernal, a hiker on the Petrified Dunes trail. The lava rocks and the sand stone were really cool. When we got to the top, we jumped down into a small space between two big dunes to see how far we could get before it dropped off, and we had to turn back to the top again. We proceeded to the opposite side of the dune we came up on. That side going down was much steeper and required some more rock holding, but it was still doable. Once we reached bottom, we continued to walk, making sure to keep an eye open for small cactuses and protruding lava rocks on the ground. At this point, we were off the trail, which I wouldnt recommend or wouldnt have done myself had it not been such an open area. We could still see the road most of the time or at least knew the direction it was in. I suggest you hike with someone who is fairly savvy with a compass or at least has some knowledge of orienteering and land navigation skills. That applies to all adventures and explorations in general, just to be on the safe side, although this particular hike isnt necessarily ing in that sense. challeng- after-noo- n ) I 111 My friends and I headed northwest where the ground e )1 sloped downward into smoother lava rocks and into a spot that looked like o it could be a small riverbed or stream with enough water. The only downside was when the wind picked up, Orr said. There were some dust clouds and it got kind of cold. We were out wandering the canyon for about two ic et tic 8 hours overall. IX There are opportunities to do other things out in Snow Canyon State Park tic like horseback riding and rock climbing. If you want to experience the invincible 0 feeling of accomplishment and lose yourself in the O' nature that surrounds you, ia start at the Petrified Dunes and explore from there. ul |
