Breaking down your HIIT

TwistedFun
TwistedFun Posts: 72
in Fitness and Exercise
I do HIIT where it is broken into 30/15 sprints and jogs

One workout i do is 15 minutes, and then i got the idea to do more HIIT sessions throughout the day. I would do 5 minutes of the 30/15 jog/sprints and rest about 15 minutes, and then do another 5 minutes. My last workout would mirror the first one, which lasts for 15 minutes of HIIT nonstop.

It looks like:

15 min HIIT
rest
5 min HIIT
rest
5 min HIIT
rest
15 min HIIT

Is this a good idea? Or do I start burning muscle? I ate 2000 calories worth of JUNK for breakfast and haven't eaten anything since.

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  • TwistedFun
    TwistedFun Posts: 72
    i should note that i am running at top speeds, sprinting about 10 mph and legs give way the longer i do it
  • auroranflash
    auroranflash Posts: 3,569 Member
    The idea is to keep your heart rate up. I would typically go 1-3 minutes at top speed and then take a minute rest, alternate for about 20 minutes. Get it over and done with, freak your body out appropriately. Doing steady state cardio is better for endurance although it may not burn as many calories at once, it's still good for your heart and lungs.
  • Chief_Rocka
    Chief_Rocka Posts: 4,710 Member
    I read your post as "Can I out-exercise a crappy diet?"

    The answer is no.
  • Jacwhite22
    Jacwhite22 Posts: 7,010 Member
    You are running at top speeds for 15 min? not likely. Honestly......HIIT is short sudden bursts. 30sec - a minute or two of full out sprint....absolutely as fast as you can. Then a period of recovery....then repeat. I do 15 sec bursts followed by 45 sec recovery for a period of 30-45 min.
  • DontStopB_Leakin
    DontStopB_Leakin Posts: 3,863 Member
    You are running at top speeds for 15 min? not likely. Honestly......HIIT is short sudden bursts. 30sec - a minute or two of full out sprint....absolutely as fast as you can. Then a period of recovery....then repeat. I do 15 sec bursts followed by 45 sec recovery for a period of 30-45 min.
    ^This.

    I do the same thing, except mine's more like 30 second bursts followed by 60 second recovery.
  • ahviendha
    ahviendha Posts: 1,291 Member
    i've read you should stop your HIIT sessions at about 20 minutes, including warm up. you should be exhausted by the end, dripping in sweat.

    for example, max speed for me is 8mph, and my rest speed is 4mph or 3 if i really feel i need to slow down. i cannot imagine running 8mph for more than 8-9 minutes. i'd smack my head on the treadmill out of exhaustion
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    Look in to tabata. You'll get more bang for less buck.
  • butterfli7o
    butterfli7o Posts: 1,319 Member
    What you're doing doesn't sound like HIIT. I do mine as 20 or so mins on the elliptial, 1 min bursts w/ 2 min recovery.
  • chickentunashake
    chickentunashake Posts: 164 Member
    The idea is to keep your heart rate up. I would typically go 1-3 minutes at top speed and then take a minute rest, alternate for about 20 minutes. Get it over and done with, freak your body out appropriately. Doing steady state cardio is better for endurance although it may not burn as many calories at once, it's still good for your heart and lungs.

    ^^^^^ agree with this. I am a HIIT junkie and I would do 50/10 for about 40 min. But I also do a steady cardio for 60 min and the burn would be about the same. It just depends on how much time you have to exercise, you should do both.
  • TwistedFun
    TwistedFun Posts: 72
    I read your post as "Can I out-exercise a crappy diet?"

    The answer is no.

    well you read wrong, sorry.
  • funforsports
    funforsports Posts: 2,656 Member
    I love HIIT but I have never been able to do it well on an elliptical. Try doing it on an actual track or grass. Sprint as hard as you can for 100 meters, walk back to the start. Repeat. Do 10 sprints and see if you can even stand. 3x a week is about all you should do of good hard HIIT training.
  • TwistedFun
    TwistedFun Posts: 72
    You are running at top speeds for 15 min? not likely. Honestly......HIIT is short sudden bursts. 30sec - a minute or two of full out sprint....absolutely as fast as you can. Then a period of recovery....then repeat. I do 15 sec bursts followed by 45 sec recovery for a period of 30-45 min.

    you and others are not reading it correctly. 15 minutes of total HIIT, which consists of 15 SECONDS of sprints and 30 SECONDS of jogging. and i am running as fast as i can. i am literally maxing out for 15 seconds. whether or not YOU can do this doesn't reflect on me.
  • Wickedbookworm1977
    Wickedbookworm1977 Posts: 162
    HIIT = High Intensity Interval Training?
  • TwistedFun
    TwistedFun Posts: 72
    The idea is to keep your heart rate up. I would typically go 1-3 minutes at top speed and then take a minute rest, alternate for about 20 minutes. Get it over and done with, freak your body out appropriately. Doing steady state cardio is better for endurance although it may not burn as many calories at once, it's still good for your heart and lungs.

    ^^^^^ agree with this. I am a HIIT junkie and I would do 50/10 for about 40 min. But I also do a steady cardio for 60 min and the burn would be about the same. It just depends on how much time you have to exercise, you should do both.

    i do steady state on off days, but i like to get to the max out rate because i like the bursts of energy. that way my heart going going and i can feel the co2 burning my throat. thats how i know i am pushing the limit.

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