Mulled whine and minced pies...

Our little class conducted a study on badminton recently to find out what the nature of the sport is.
In singles, we found that players play for about one second out of every three and a half. Put another way, they play about a third of the time. At the highest level in 2009 the average rally lasted just over 10 seconds. Badminton is a sport based on intervals. We also "discovered" that most of the training for badminton can be carried out in interval fashion, of course this has to be related to the normal training principles of specificity, adaption, and individualisation. All else being equal, it is possible to train aerobically through the use of correctly adapted interval training. Although, it's not possible to do the opposite. Some aerobic training may be desirous, of course, especially after the Christmas pies.
So, what better way to work off the Christmas stuffing than some hardcore intervals? Maybe take some comfort that the weight we put on between Christmas and New Year's at the mother-in-law's is insignificant compared to the weight we may put on between New Year and Christmas...