High-intensity interval running... recovery is too slow. It's like sprinting at full speed 4-6 times, 60 meters each time, pushing my heart rate to my limit of over 180. It's not that my heart can't handle it, but my muscles recover very slowly, even with a thorough warm-up.
After some thought, I settled for "moderate-intensity interval training"—maybe a term I invented myself 😂. The effect is just right, much more efficient at lowering my heart rate than steady-paced jogging. It's somewhere in between, a philosophy of finding the best of both worlds—applied to exercise! 😂