Hiit cardio While bulking?

itsflaccoi

Ok so im currently about 165 pounds i just finish my 4th week of bulking today i was 160 im going to start gaining about half a pound a week i know atleast 2-3 pounds some the 4 weeks is just water weight but anyways im going to be playing football this summer while bulking it 4x a week but im only going to go 1x a week and i was wondering if 1 session of hiit cardio will affect my gains in a negative way maybe burning them up or something?

LolBroScience

No

pinggolfer96

Eat more...

sardelsa

It's fine as long as you account for it in your cal intake. If you stop gaining you will have to eat more. I was doing HIIT 2x per week during my bulk but eventually had to cut it out because it was just way too many calories for me.

StealthHealth

As @sardelsa says, you should account for those extra cals. But I ask - why? if you are playing football you probably have the cardio covered. I would worry that with strength work outs (you are doing strength work outs aren't you?) and a football game a week, adding in 2 sessions of HiiT is going to impinge on your rest for little to no benefit.

sijomial

HIIT is a low calorie burner so that's not a huge problem to compensate for the few calories burned.
More of an issue is that (if done properly) it needs recovery time - that may impact your other exercise performance or recovery from strength/hypertrophy training.

Once a week shouldn't be an issue though dependant on your entire weekly exercise routine.

HamsterManV2

Program your HIIT intelligently and it will only benefit your lifting! i.e. do it after lifting when you have a rest day next, or on a rest day but next day isn't a heavy lifting day.

Because I lift high weight low rep with 3-5 minutes in between my work sets, I like to design the HIIT to compliment that style. I.e. 5 minute warm up, [20-30 second high intensity, 2 minutes regular intensity]x Repeat 5-7 times. This gets some good training in without negatively impacting your recovery from lifting. I like low-impact style, such as sled/prowler pushes, rowing, or jump rope... Hill Sprints are good but I find they hurt my squatting/deadlifting.

rickyll

HIIT is great for fat burning so it's no issue to do it when you're bulking - but like others have said above, just eat more, track the changes in your body, and adjust accordingly