Something for all "trainers" to remember...

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Azdak
Azdak Posts: 8,281 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Recent tweet from Mike Robertson:
@RobTrainSystems: You don't start off by lifting the heaviest weight possible, so why do we jump straight into high-intensity interval training for cardio?

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  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    edited January 2015
    Azdak wrote: »
    Recent tweet from Mike Robertson:
    @RobTrainSystems: You don't start off by lifting the heaviest weight possible, so why do we jump straight into high-intensity interval training for cardio?

    Actually I did start with trying to find my heaviest weight possible on bench that I could do 3x10. I did not start HIIT though for cardio.

  • Lofteren
    Lofteren Posts: 960 Member
    Why?

    Because it burns more fat than low intensity steady state cardio and isn't as dangerous as jumping into heavy weights unprepared. The risk:benefit ratio is in the favor of the client.
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    I remember reading somewhere that people should be able to squat 1.5 BW before HIIT. They were wrong but having stronger legs can be a way to push HIIT a little harder.
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