Fitness Myths!

waldo56

7. Myth: Long and slow cardio training burns the most fat.
Reality: While it’s true that lengthy, slow workouts will use up more fat for energy, they’re not the way to go for fat loss; instead focus on the total calories burned during and after your workout. Ditch devoting 75 mind-numbing minutes to a slow trod on the treadmill, and do interval training or higher-intensity exercise for half—or even a quarter—of that time, which kills more calories at a faster rate and keeps your metabolism revved post-gym sesh.

Or even better, actually develop some aerobic fitness so that you don't have to run at a slow trod.

Bottom line is that somebody who takes the time to develop their fitness properly will burn more calories and fat in their fat burning zone than the person doing HIIT who is constantly chasing the latest fat burning fad rather than taking a methodical approach to developing a high degree of fitness.

Bottom line is --- care to show all the most recent studies in sports science and nutrition that back your claim. There are fads and there are evolutions and/or revolutions in how to train, how to train best for fat loss, best for muscle gain, best for power, best for strength. Zumba is a fad - HIIT and then HIIT which targets the alactic and anaerobic systems whilst maintaining a high heart rate is the revolution and the evolution. Major problem with HIIT - it is really hard and the majority of people just cannot hack it.

HIIT is the revolution and evolution?

Ummm, sorry to break it to you, but they are nothing new. Every football team in America, from pee wee on up to the pros, get their wind by running gassers, and have done so for many, many decades.

Unlike "tabata" and the rest of the HIIT fad nowadays, it is pretty well acknowledged that gassers don't do much after about 3-4 weeks or so, hence the reason they are only run in training camp.

lwagnitz

I'm confused as to how people are saying HIIT is a fad? I've been in sports my entire life, and the majority of our conditioning and training consisted of HIIT style work outs.

notthatthis

7. Myth: Long and slow cardio training burns the most fat.
Reality: While it’s true that lengthy, slow workouts will use up more fat for energy, they’re not the way to go for fat loss; instead focus on the total calories burned during and after your workout. Ditch devoting 75 mind-numbing minutes to a slow trod on the treadmill, and do interval training or higher-intensity exercise for half—or even a quarter—of that time, which kills more calories at a faster rate and keeps your metabolism revved post-gym sesh.

Or even better, actually develop some aerobic fitness so that you don't have to run at a slow trod.

Bottom line is that somebody who takes the time to develop their fitness properly will burn more calories and fat in their fat burning zone than the person doing HIIT who is constantly chasing the latest fat burning fad rather than taking a methodical approach to developing a high degree of fitness.

Bottom line is --- care to show all the most recent studies in sports science and nutrition that back your claim. There are fads and there are evolutions and/or revolutions in how to train, how to train best for fat loss, best for muscle gain, best for power, best for strength. Zumba is a fad - HIIT and then HIIT which targets the alactic and anaerobic systems whilst maintaining a high heart rate is the revolution and the evolution. Major problem with HIIT - it is really hard and the majority of people just cannot hack it.

HIIT is the revolution and evolution?

Ummm, sorry to break it to you, but they are nothing new. Every football team in America, from pee wee on up to the pros, get their wind by running gassers, and have done so for many, many decades.

Unlike "tabata" and the rest of the HIIT fad nowadays, it is pretty well acknowledged that gassers don't do much after about 3-4 weeks or so, hence the reason they are only run in training camp.

Oh, you mean training. Yes, training sessions where everyone does the same thing irregardless of what they actually do in the sport. I got ya - yes exactly the same as HIIT. Spot on, and I love your well supported evidence. Better not watch those youtube videos of American High Schools training to go playing their "footballs", you see no Hiit with resistance or dynamic stretching or functional training they are just doing gassers - btw the Rest of the World know football as something else, you should preface American Football with the word American or call our sport World Football and not soccer.

scottb81

I'm confused as to how people are saying HIIT is a fad? I've been in sports my entire life, and the majority of our conditioning and training consisted of HIIT style work outs.

Its a fad when its sold to unknowing people with lies such as this.

Ditch devoting 75 mind-numbing minutes to a slow trod on the treadmill, and do interval training or higher-intensity exercise for half—or even a quarter—of that time, which kills more calories at a faster rate and keeps your metabolism revved post-gym sesh.

Burn more calories in half the time. LOL

Using the words mind numbing slow trod simply indicates the author is out of shape and not smart enough to know it.

waldo56

7. Myth: Long and slow cardio training burns the most fat.
Reality: While it’s true that lengthy, slow workouts will use up more fat for energy, they’re not the way to go for fat loss; instead focus on the total calories burned during and after your workout. Ditch devoting 75 mind-numbing minutes to a slow trod on the treadmill, and do interval training or higher-intensity exercise for half—or even a quarter—of that time, which kills more calories at a faster rate and keeps your metabolism revved post-gym sesh.

Or even better, actually develop some aerobic fitness so that you don't have to run at a slow trod.

Bottom line is that somebody who takes the time to develop their fitness properly will burn more calories and fat in their fat burning zone than the person doing HIIT who is constantly chasing the latest fat burning fad rather than taking a methodical approach to developing a high degree of fitness.

Bottom line is --- care to show all the most recent studies in sports science and nutrition that back your claim. There are fads and there are evolutions and/or revolutions in how to train, how to train best for fat loss, best for muscle gain, best for power, best for strength. Zumba is a fad - HIIT and then HIIT which targets the alactic and anaerobic systems whilst maintaining a high heart rate is the revolution and the evolution. Major problem with HIIT - it is really hard and the majority of people just cannot hack it.

HIIT is the revolution and evolution?

Ummm, sorry to break it to you, but they are nothing new. Every football team in America, from pee wee on up to the pros, get their wind by running gassers, and have done so for many, many decades.

Unlike "tabata" and the rest of the HIIT fad nowadays, it is pretty well acknowledged that gassers don't do much after about 3-4 weeks or so, hence the reason they are only run in training camp.

Oh, you mean training. Yes, training sessions where everyone does the same thing irregardless of what they actually do in the sport. I got ya - yes exactly the same as HIIT. Spot on, and I love your well supported evidence. Better not watch those youtube videos of American High Schools training to go playing their "footballs", you see no Hiit with resistance or dynamic stretching or functional training they are just doing gassers - btw the Rest of the World know football as something else, you should preface American Football with the word American or call our sport World Football and not soccer.

LOL, this post is pure nonsense.

HIIT type training has been around a long time. Never really had the HIIT name (or even dumber "Tabata" name) until recently. In general until very recently this type of training has been used sparingly for the most part (it is very recovery-expensive) except when used to take a person from too much time on the couch shape to ready to play sports shape in a matter of a couple weeks.

While it is useful training, the long term benefits are minimal at best. But the gung-ho new school ditch the treadmill crowd and the Crossfit >>>>> crowd have taken it way too far, especially since when combined with a strength program (which both these groups are all about too), HIIT is a REALLY poor choice for cardio.

notthatthis

LOL, this post is pure nonsense.

HIIT type training has been around a long time. Never really had the HIIT name (or even dumber "Tabata" name) until recently. In general until very recently this type of training has been used sparingly for the most part (it is very recovery-expensive) except when used to take a person from too much time on the couch shape to ready to play sports shape in a matter of a couple weeks.

While it is useful training, the long term benefits are minimal at best. But the gung-ho new school ditch the treadmill crowd and the Crossfit >>>>> crowd have taken it way too far, especially since when combined with a strength program (which both these groups are all about too), HIIT is a REALLY poor choice for cardio.

Please furnish me with the full facts of the history of HIIT, tell me what you think the TABATA study actually was. Then go back to the fitness myth statement about minimal effort on a treadmill. You seem to have such knowledge I am sure you can tell me exactly what a HIIT program is, what it is designed to do, what it does do and then tell me all the negatives backed up by peer reviewed science articles written within the last 3 years. Not everyone wants the endurance of a frightened gazelle and choose to train in more life realistic ways, and all the benefits that this training brings.