8 Reasons why HIT Cardio people lose Fat the Fastest

Sinisterly

This guy can't make up his mind. In one post he's a single dad who needs to build muscles,
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1245307-single-dad-of-1-looking-to-rebuild-his-body-for-summer-help

One post he needs to build muscles now.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1245340-come-on-you-fools-tell-me-how-i-build-tons-of-muscle

Another he's spouting he only has 8% bf and challenging every one to one of the dumbest diets out there.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1257277-the-worlds-hardest-diet-try-it-i-dare-you?page=6

Well.. One thing is for sure.. He's got "muscle confusion" down :huh:

_HeartsOnFire_

This guy can't make up his mind. In one post he's a single dad who needs to build muscles,
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1245307-single-dad-of-1-looking-to-rebuild-his-body-for-summer-help

One post he needs to build muscles now.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1245340-come-on-you-fools-tell-me-how-i-build-tons-of-muscle

Another he's spouting he only has 8% bf and challenging every one to one of the dumbest diets out there.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1257277-the-worlds-hardest-diet-try-it-i-dare-you?page=6

Well.. One thing is for sure.. He's got "muscle confusion" down :huh:

You...I like you.

ChrisM8971

Train Hard !

Vince Delmonte

Muscle and Fat loss guru

:huh:

Does that read as "Vince Delmonte, Guru for losing muscle and fat" to anyone else?

craftywitch_63

REPORTED!!

rbiss

So Insanity isn't HIIT?

cjim

From the Desk of Vince Delmonte

1. Efficient:

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Super-efficient HIIT is the ideal workout for a busy schedule—whether you want to squeeze in a workout during your lunch break or to get in shape for a fast-approaching event. Research shows you can achieve more progress in a mere 15 minutes of interval training (done three times a week) than the girl jogging on the treadmill for an hour. (A 10-minute fat-blasting cardio routine that burns more calories than a half hour on the treadmill!) And according to a 2011 study presented at the American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting, just 2 weeks of high-intensity intervals improves your aerobic capacity as much as 6 to 8 weeks of endurance training.

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2. Burn More Fat:

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Not only do you burn more calories during a HIIT workout, but the effect of all that intense exertion kicks your body’s repair cycle into hyperdrive. That means you burn more fat and calories in the 24 hours after a HIIT workout than you do after, say, a steady-pace run.

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3. Healthier Heart:
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Most people aren’t used to pushing into the anaerobic zone (that lovely place where you can’t breathe and you feel like your heart is trying to jump out of your chest). But in this case, extreme training produces extreme results. One 2006 study found that after 8 weeks of doing HIIT workouts, subjects could bicycle twice as long as they could before the study, while maintaining the same pace.
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4. No Equipment Necessary:
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Running, biking, jump roping, and rowing all work great for HIIT, but you don’t need any equipment to get it done. High knees, fast feet, or anything plyometric like jumping lunges work just as well to get your heart rate up fast. In fact, some equipment like dumbbells can make HIIT less effective because you want the focus to be on pushing your heart to its max, not your biceps.
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5. Lose Weight, Not Muscle:
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Anyone who has been on a diet knows that it’s hard to not lose muscle mass along with fat. While steady state cardio seems to encourage muscle loss, studies show that both weight training and HIIT workouts allow dieters to preserve their hard-earned muscles while ensuring most of the weight lost comes from fat stores. Win/win!
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6. Increase Metabolism:
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In addition to increased fat burning and more muscle preserved, HIIT stimulates production of your human growth hormone (HGH) by up to 450 percent during the 24 hours after you finish your workout. This is great news since HGH is not only responsible for increased caloric burn but also slows down the aging process, making you younger both inside and out!

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7. Do It Anywhere:.

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You can do it in a boat, you can do it with a goat. You can do it here or there, you can do it anywhere! Dr. Seuss would have loved HIIT. Since it’s such a simple concept—go at maximum effort for a short period of time followed by a recovery period and repeat—you can adapt it to whatever time and space constraints you have.

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8. Challenging:

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This is not a workout you can do while reading a magazine or chatting with your friend. Because it’s so short, you will be working hard the whole time. The trade-off is this format offers seasoned exercisers a new challenge and new exercisers a quick way to see results. You may be in pain, you may be sucking wind, but you definitely won’t be bored!

Train Hard !

Vince Delmonte

Muscle and Fat loss guru

Shropshire1959

There's no pain without a sprain :mad:

Wanna meet more nurses? .... Do inappropriate High intensity exercise when you're ill prepared to do.

soldiersdelight

I'm glad to see this article on here. I dislike cardio and this is the only kind I do.
In fact, if I remember correctly one study even suggested that 'steady state aerobics' actually makes your body MORE predisposed to storing fat. In another, a group that did an hour of steady state cardio for an hour a day 6 days per week for A YEAR (without dietary change) averaged an only three pound weight loss!
I wish the old 'fat burning zone' chart would die.

DamePiglet

:laugh:

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ERSAHM POST IS ERRRSSAHHM!!!

deksgrl

PaulaStrom

what is HIIT?

QuietBloom

I'm glad to see this article on here. I dislike cardio and this is the only kind I do.
In fact, if I remember correctly one study even suggested that 'steady state aerobics' actually makes your body MORE predisposed to storing fat. In another, a group that did an hour of steady state cardio for an hour a day 6 days per week for A YEAR (without dietary change) averaged an only three pound weight loss!
I wish the old 'fat burning zone' chart would die.

This is why it is important to progress, no matter what training you do (even if it is primarily steady state). Go longer, further, and throw in higher intensity every now and then.

Springfield1970

It's all just wheel spinning without the calorie deficit. The counting comes first, before anything.

I gained fat weight last spring training for my triathlons because it made me so hungry and I wasn't tracking.

Then I ate into muscle when I cut too fast and wasn't accounting for the cardio burns.

Result.

Added fat, loss of muscle.

Thankfully I've learnt how to cut/bulk/cut here on MFP to reverse the cardio damage.

Now I can do all the high intensity stuff, but properly fuelled.

I'd never use it as a way to lose weight though.

TavistockToad

I would say Insanity would be better suited for people over HIIT cardio!

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TavistockToad

Well, I guess I need to google HIIT workouts then.

You can start with Insanity, T-25, or P90X3.

but yesterday he said Insanity was bad for you so maybe not that HIIT workout.

No that wasn't him (or her), it was his (or her) desk.

Are you sure it wasn't his mum?!

Shropshire1959

This may seem daft but please can you tell us how do you know that you put down fat and lost muscle?

LiftAllThePizzas

Dear Muscle and Fat loss guru,

I prefer not to lose muscle. But thanks anyway.

With Love,
Pizza

Sbrn_

Vince Delmonte

Muscle and Fat loss guru

Is that the joke?

Shropshire1959

Vince Delmonte

Muscle and Fat loss guru

Is that the joke?

Sure looks like one :-p

rbiss

what is HIIT?

High Intensity Interval Training. You spend most of the time in a sustainable cardio zone with short bursts of intensity.