Are <20 mins HIIT exercises enough??

peachfigs
peachfigs Posts: 831 Member
edited January 17 in Fitness and Exercise
I watch a lot of DailyHiit (formerly known as BodyRock TV) and Zuzka Light workouts on Youtube, and I'm wondering how such a small amount of time can produce results? A lot of the videos are only about 10-20 minutes long.

Would it be more effective to combine them with some longer workouts?

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  • peachfigs
    peachfigs Posts: 831 Member
    anyone? :brokenheart:
  • Sunny____
    Sunny____ Posts: 214
    LOL. Where is everybody? That always amazes me too. Twenty minutes of intensity to exhaustion and it is suppose to be the best fat burner there is. You have to hit HIIT. There are studies done as to WHY this burns fat and is enough. I guess you have to get your heart rate to a certain level and if you're able to go any longer you probably didn't hit that mark that put you in fat burning mode. I haven't read the studies on it, I just believe it, because every trainer I know of and every professional out there says it. Look at Body Rock's body. OMG!

    Muscles from lifting burns fat too, but that is a different topic.
  • ladyraven68
    ladyraven68 Posts: 2,003 Member
    I watch a lot of DailyHiit (formerly known as BodyRock TV) and Zuzka Light workouts on Youtube, and I'm wondering how such a small amount of time can produce results? A lot of the videos are only about 10-20 minutes long.

    Would it be more effective to combine them with some longer workouts?

    you may find this interesting

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17177251
  • crisanderson27
    crisanderson27 Posts: 5,343 Member
    In my research, it has to do with hormonal response, and how that response is triggered by type of exercise. Heavy, high intensity lifting triggers your body to do certain things. High intensity, short duration cardio triggers your body to do certain things as well. The same for long duration low intensity cardio.

    The responses triggered are very different.

    In my experience heavy lifting and HIIT are more effective for fat loss (preferably combined...10 minutes of HIIT, then an hour or so of heavy lifting, and one to two more sessions of HIIT after). Long duration cardio is something that should be performed for heart and lung health.

    Once you understand how these exercises affect your own body (or more accurately, how the way YOU perform these exercises...our bodies are remarkably similar, but unfortunately the way we stimulate them, isn't)...you can devise an effective workout plan for you :).
  • Sunny____
    Sunny____ Posts: 214
    In my research, it has to do with hormonal response, and how that response is triggered by type of exercise. Heavy, high intensity lifting triggers your body to do certain things. High intensity, short duration cardio triggers your body to do certain things as well. The same for long duration low intensity cardio.

    The responses triggered are very different.

    In my experience heavy lifting and HIIT are more effective for fat loss (preferably combined...10 minutes of HIIT, then an hour or so of heavy lifting, and one to two more sessions of HIIT after). Long duration cardio is something that should be performed for heart and lung health.

    Once you understand how these exercises affect your own body (or more accurately, how the way YOU perform these exercises...our bodies are remarkably similar, but unfortunately the way we stimulate them, isn't)...you can devise an effective workout plan for you :).
    Do you do your HIIT and lifting all at the same time? Or take a break? Or do it on different days?
  • crisanderson27
    crisanderson27 Posts: 5,343 Member
    In my research, it has to do with hormonal response, and how that response is triggered by type of exercise. Heavy, high intensity lifting triggers your body to do certain things. High intensity, short duration cardio triggers your body to do certain things as well. The same for long duration low intensity cardio.

    The responses triggered are very different.

    In my experience heavy lifting and HIIT are more effective for fat loss (preferably combined...10 minutes of HIIT, then an hour or so of heavy lifting, and one to two more sessions of HIIT after). Long duration cardio is something that should be performed for heart and lung health.

    Once you understand how these exercises affect your own body (or more accurately, how the way YOU perform these exercises...our bodies are remarkably similar, but unfortunately the way we stimulate them, isn't)...you can devise an effective workout plan for you :).
    Do you do your HIIT and lifting all at the same time? Or take a break? Or do it on different days?

    Read the middle paragraph :). 10 minutes HIIT (I like racquetball, heavy bag work, or a rowing machine), then my approximately 1hr lifting session, then 1-2 10 minute HIIT sessions to follow up. My work is active, so on rest days (I rest four days a week)...I don't exercise at all.
  • MissL5
    MissL5 Posts: 28 Member
    BlogalitesTV on Youtube makes HIIT videos that are anywhere between 10-20 minutes and she always prefaces the workout saying you'll maximize your workout by doing it anywhere between 2-4x. I would suggest doing any HIIT workout at the very least two times. You want to get more bang for your buck right? If you're already exercising for 10 minutes, you might as well do 20, and take 5-10 minutes to have a good cool/down stretch for 30 minutes of a great workout!
  • Spartan_Maker
    Spartan_Maker Posts: 683 Member
    Hey, Peach. Try a few 200 meter sprint repeats, and it will take even less time before you're splayed out on the ground. ;)
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