HIIT- Treadmill Workout (Results?, has it worked for you?)

Hi, I've just done the couch to 5 k thing and so am now just consistently running but have decided to do an interval style one next. The one I chose is called weight loss pro intervals from the apple I tunes store and it still gets you up to 10 k and over but is much better for fat loss apparently. It's like a walk run sprint thing. I'm going to see how I go. I do love an app! I think I just like instruction so I don't have to think myself. Good luck :-)

I firmly believe in HIIT. It definitely works for me. However, I am not a runner; I'm a speed walker and high-incline walker, so I can't give you any specifics on your workout since you are planning on running, but the basics are the same: high intensity periods with rest periods in between. Keep track of your intervals and speeds and make sure you keep making progress. For example, if you're starting w/ 15 sec. sprints and 60 sec. walking, work up to 30 sec. and then 60 sec. sprints, but always keep your rest interval.

It does work and it has saved me tons of time! I used to waste a lot of time doing mediocre cardio.

Hmmm that app I mentioned didn't work with my spotify music so I ditched that! Annoying huh!!! Interval run works with it though and I'm also having a play with runkeeper. I am so fickle with apps! Though idid stay with the couch to 5 kale the way :-)

I was doing hiit on treadmill for about a month and a half. I lost 5-6 pounds and tried to stay within my goal of 1300-1400 calories daily. I haven't done it in 3 weeks so I gotta get back on there! But it is fun and challenging. I worked on 3.5 mph resting pace 1min 30sec, 6-7 running @ 30 sec. For 20 minutes, not including 5 min warmup and cool down. Good luck!

Yes I need to get on the road at some point for sure. I might do some park runs. I think it's because I started with the treadmill and love my gym so much but it's something I def need to do if I want to enter some races :-)

lilly20 wrote: »

I have been inspired to start a HIIT Treadmill workout (15 seconds sprint, 60 seconds walking)

I owuldn't suggest a dreadmill for that cycle as you'll never actually get up to a decent speed. Shifting from 3-4mph to 10 mph won't have finished by the end of your 15 seconds.

I'm ready to begin and would like to know any other people who has done this form of fat loss!

If your priority is fat loss then you'll get more effective results from combining longer duration CV work to improve your cardiac base with resistance training to optimise your lean mass retention.

I use hih intensity intervals to improve my running performance and VO2Max and it's been very effective, in combination with long duration moderate intensity and tempo sessions.

As upthread, you'll get more responsiveness from a spin bike or rowing machine, but in the absence of complementary CV training you won't yield the results that you could.

It's hard to perform all out 15 second sprints on a treadmill. If you're going to do HIIT on a treadmill, it's probably safer and more effective to aim for longer slightly sub-maximal effort sprints.

I personally find it most effective on treadmills to perform intervals by raising both the incline and your speed, sort of like doing hill sprints. Outdoor "all out sprint intervals" are going to be more effective though b/c you can push yourself harder then you can on a treadmill.

If you want to perform "all out" intervals indoors, consider using an exercise bike.

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ahamm002 wrote: »

That's not true. Sprint intervals are excellent for conditioning, and certainly better than endurance cardio.

In conjunction with, I'd agree. One can certainly make gains doing exclusively either, but gains are faster and more pronounced using both in conjunction, alongside threshold training as well. The three modes of CV training deliver different effects; cardiac base, improving VO2Max and raising the threshold.

I appreciate that I wasn't explicit. What I meant, in context of the discussion, was do a combination of longer duration sessions, intervals sessions and resistance training. I neglected to spell it out.

If one is going to get the most from HIIT, the ability to do a decent warm up for fifteen minutes beforehand rather helps exploit it to best effect

Also, fwiw, someone with 40lbs to lose and asking about HIIT for fat loss is more likely to develop an injury from doing sprint intervals without a basic fitness base, hence the nudge towards lower impact forms of training.