Intervals for higher calorie burns

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  • SoCalSwimmerDude
    SoCalSwimmerDude Posts: 509 Member
    Tip: Get used to taking your heart rate. Finger on neck for 6 seconds and multiply by 10. (If you don’t have or use an HRM) Know what <1000 feels like… then 1100-1300, 1300-1500, and 1500+.

    At that point, it’s less about HIIT and more about interval training in general. Then you can decide where your efforts are best placed.

    That said, I absolutely agree that interval training is critical to increased fitness.

    Using walking as an example: There’s NOTHING wrong with a nice long walk. Once you feel good about it, maybe you increase your walking pace a little here and there. (And so on) once you increase your HR in any short window, it will be easier to maintain a higher HR and thus, lose more cals, etc.

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