Timer for HIIT

exermom

Does anyone know if there is a timer that you can take to the gym and somehow attach to the treadmill/elliptical/stationary bike that will let you know when, say, 30 or 45 seconds are up and will then automatically reset to 0 for the next round of 30/45?

Greenrun99

Stop watch on your phone (if you have a smartphone type deal) will have something like that.. or just take a little stop watch or something and put it in the cup holder most of those things have.

JeffseekingV

Stopwatch or set your phone for a XX second countdown.

But since you're on a machine, isn't it already measuring time? Just note when you start

gweneddk

Gymboss timers are great for intervals, though I found the old model a lot easier to use than the "new and improved" version.

exermom

In order to use the stopwatch, I'd hve to switch fro "timer 1" to "timer 2". I'd like to avoid having to do this

JeffseekigV - yes, the machines do already have a timer. However, what I'd like to do is decrease my recovery time to 45 seconds from 1 minute. I would be hard to constantly keep track of when 45 seconds is up if I'm using the timer on the machine which is why I wondered if there was a device that you can preprogram for two sets of times (the sprint and the recovery time) and not have to constantly every few seconds toggle back and forth between the two sets of times

Sarauk2sf

No idea myself (other than the stopwatch on a smartphone), but tagging in case anyone on my FL knows.

jaxxie

I have an android and use an app called HIIT...it let's you set your rounds to whatever time you want and it will blow a whistle when it's rest and again when it's time to start. You can also manually set how many rounds you want to do.I love it, because I don't have to watch the TM. Good Luck.

edited because I can't spell in the mornings.

exermom

jaxxie - thank you. that sounds like exactly what I'm looking for. I have an android and just downloaded it.

However, I can't seem to figure out how to set it. I'd like to set it at first to sprint for 30 seconds, recover for 45 seconds for a total of 60 minutes.

Can you help me?

PikaKnight

There is a timer I downloaded on my iphone called the Interval Timer that I use when I do HIIT on my elliptical.

Springfield1970

Every machine I've ever been on has a digital clock on. I just use that....and am usually counting those bloody seconds down and shouting a bit!

n3ver3nder

I use 'round and workout timer' app for timing Tabata stuff. You can set rounds as the 'round time' and recovery as the 'rest time', though I don't know if you'll be able to set it to enough rounds to cover an hour, but I like the fact you can set some prep time too so you have enough time to feck around and stick the phone somewhere, get into position etc before the first round starts. Bell marks every change from round to rest.

exermom

PikaKnigt - I have an android, I don't have an iphone. Thanks to jaxxie, I downloaded an app called "Interval TimerAD", only I can't for the life of me figure out how to set the intervals!

Springfield - like I said, I'm trying to decrease my rcovery time from 1 minute (which is fairly easy to figure out on the digital timer on the machines) to 45 seconds recovery (which I know is going to be an almost impossibility)

n3ver3nder - I downloaded an app that will let me set the number of rounds, how long I workout for and how long I rest for. Thanks for turning me onto it. Now the next step is to try it out....lol Thanks again.

Fittreelol

Gymboss timers are great for intervals, though I found the old model a lot easier to use than the "new and improved" version.

Gymboss is great. I've had one forever, although now I just use an app.

heybales

Timex Ironman series watches, if they still have them, at least the 50 lap model.

There is an interval timer with 9 different intervals you can program, and set to repeat on the last one.

So super easy to set 1st interval 30 sec, 2nd interval 45 sec, repeat.

It'll just keep going and going, so you do need another means of tracking overall time - but there's your treadmill right there for that.

Are you able to get up to max pace for 30 sec to really hit a max push, or doing standard interval training?
You might find it interesting to compare a full on hard push on track to whatever the treadmill can do, might be surprised if you haven't yet.

Just asking because the response on the body is slightly different.
HIIT with all out max push and 3 x recovery is more akin to lifting, maximum load on muscles requiring getting stronger. Helps lactate threshold somewhat and VO2max well.
SIT with short max and more rest helps increase endurance and VO2max very well.
Standard intervals with 1:3 or 1:2 improve heart stroke volume and VO2max and since longer at high end can really increase lactate threshold.

jstout365

I just got an Everlast Interval Training Round Timer for when I do boxing on my own. Hard to see a watch or have anything on my wrist with gloves on. Also hard to hear a watch timer when it is in my pockets and I have my headphones on. This one can clip onto my waist band or has an armband and vibrates and has a bell sound indicating the end of the interval. Has two interval times and can even be set for a certain number of rounds. Probably overkill for someone on a cardio machine.