HIIT without too much leg muscle building?
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Sprints.
On your hands? HIIT is muscle sparing, I don't know about muscle building. You can look up swimming HIIT, if you're a swimmer. YouTube has a lot of HIIT videos, if you have a way to work out near your computer, or tv. I get it through the Wii.
ETA I'm going by your "not mostly leg based" request, not saying sprints aren't a great option.
Most of the HIIT stuff I've seen has been based on jumping, squats, etc, which isn't really what I'm looking for. I've always heard that highly anaerobic activities, such as sprints, use type 2 (fast twitch) muscle fibers which tend to bulk up...but then again, a lot of HIIT is highly anaerobic activity. I'm hoping to find HIIT that can be more arms/core-based instead of leg-based. I think swimming HIIT is on the right track! I just don't have ready access to a pool0 -
bulking comes only from a calorie surplus and progressive loading.0
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I highly doubt you are building muscle doing Insanity's cardio workouts
^Thispics of legs please
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Me 3 said the pea. I'm in the middle of Insanity month 2 and my legs definitely aren't growing. If you found a way to build muscle on Insanity let me in on the secret, I'd love to know what I'm doing wrong.0 -
If the gym you go to has them.... Muscle Ropes.
Think of them like wind sprints for your arms.
Like JoRocka said, some gyms don't have them unfortunately. You can either mention it to them OR even buy your own set. They are a tad pricey but I think well worth it. I switched gyms, they still have them but put them in a crappy location that I can't do my routine on them anymore because it hits stuff. Thinking about just buying my own and doing them somewhere outside when the weather is nice.0 -
I'm with everyone else .... SPRINTS!!!! I do my HIIT on my treadmill. I burn mad amounts of fat and even though I am 49 I have the cardiorespiratory functioning of a 20 year old, at an excellent rating, thanks to HIIT.
On a side note: When you build up muscle underneath a layer of fat it pushes the fat out further creating the appearance of larger, thicker abs, thighs, butt, etc. Women typically carry and/or deposit fat on their lower half more than their upper body. In order to eliminate this look you need to get rid of the fat. Have you had your body fat checked?0 -
I don't know how many more "I build muscle like crazy how do I stop" posts from women I can handle...... Like this **** happens by accident over night.
Anyway, that aside, SPRINTS are your friend (so is muscle, but that's not what you're looking for apparently)0 -
First off you don't build unless you're on a surplus, and you lose on a deficit.0
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I don't know how many more "I build muscle like crazy how do I stop" posts from women I can handle...... Like this **** happens by accident over night.
Anyway, that aside, SPRINTS are your friend (so is muscle, but that's not what you're looking for apparently)
I'm okay with it if they would just stop hogging this magical place and these magical workouts.
Seriously- this bulking cutting and progressive loading *kitten* is cutting into my drinking/*kitten* time.0 -
I don't know how many more "I build muscle like crazy how do I stop" posts from women I can handle...... Like this **** happens by accident over night.
Anyway, that aside, SPRINTS are your friend (so is muscle, but that's not what you're looking for apparently)
I'm okay with it if they would just stop hogging this magical place and these magical workouts.
Seriously- this bulking cutting and progressive loading *kitten* is cutting into my drinking/*kitten* time.
Agreed. I need some of this magic. Maybe that's my problem... too much *kitten*. Not enough..... cardio??0 -
I don't know how many more "I build muscle like crazy how do I stop" posts from women I can handle...... Like this **** happens by accident over night.
Anyway, that aside, SPRINTS are your friend (so is muscle, but that's not what you're looking for apparently)
I'm okay with it if they would just stop hogging this magical place and these magical workouts.
Seriously- this bulking cutting and progressive loading *kitten* is cutting into my drinking/*kitten* time.
Agreed. I need some of this magic. Maybe that's my problem... too much *kitten*. Not enough..... cardio??
*kitten* isn't cardio?
danm- no wonder this isn't working for me0 -
I don't know how many more "I build muscle like crazy how do I stop" posts from women I can handle...... Like this **** happens by accident over night.
Anyway, that aside, SPRINTS are your friend (so is muscle, but that's not what you're looking for apparently)
I'm okay with it if they would just stop hogging this magical place and these magical workouts.
Seriously- this bulking cutting and progressive loading *kitten* is cutting into my drinking/*kitten* time.
LOL!
I want to know the magic formula as well! We need to get the genetic make up of all these hyper-bulker women. Gah, it takes me about 6 months to get any noticeable bulk and I'm male!0 -
I don't know how many more "I build muscle like crazy how do I stop" posts from women I can handle...... Like this **** happens by accident over night.
Anyway, that aside, SPRINTS are your friend (so is muscle, but that's not what you're looking for apparently)
I'm okay with it if they would just stop hogging this magical place and these magical workouts.
Seriously- this bulking cutting and progressive loading *kitten* is cutting into my drinking/*kitten* time.
LOL!
I want to know the magic formula as well! We need to get the genetic make up of all these hyper-bulker women. Gah, it takes me about 6 months to get any noticeable bulk and I'm male!
4 months of over eating- and crazy lifting- I've put on 20 lbs- so maybe 5-7 lbs of muscle MAYBE- if I'm lucky?0
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