HIIT (high intensity interval training)

janaphelan
janaphelan Posts: 3 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Does anyone know how many calories 15 minutes of HIIT would burn?

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  • wilsoncl6
    wilsoncl6 Posts: 1,280 Member
    It's variable dependent upon the exercise performed, the intensity, your weight and your fitness level. No one can give you a definitive answer on this.
  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
    How many of those 15 minutes were actually high intensity and how much was rest?

    In any case, less than a moderate workout would have burned, even factoring in the "afterburn."
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    edited June 2016
    Based on the info you gave us, I will say anywhere between 25 and 250...


    ETA: OP, please read that as a light hearted comment...
  • kcjchang
    kcjchang Posts: 709 Member
    See http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/36682039#Comment_36682039. Calculation based on a real HIIT regimen (as opposed to marketing) at duration of eighteen minutes. Just reduce the warm up period to seven minutes and do a Functional Threshold Power test to get your ballpark VO2Max wattage. If cycling isn't your cup of tea, your choice are rowing & running in a lab to get the parameter(s) needed.
  • lindsaybyrd71
    lindsaybyrd71 Posts: 1 Member
    Try using a heart rate monitor. Also you can get a rough estimate using a google search. There are algorithms that use your age, weight, time exercised etc to estimate your calorie burn.
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    An HRM isn't really designed to track interval type training.
  • kwtilbury
    kwtilbury Posts: 1,234 Member
    About tree fiddy.
  • kcjchang
    kcjchang Posts: 709 Member
    The lag time in heart rate response to a change in exertion - 15 to 30 sec lag with 2 to 3 min to stabilize at the new level of exertion. By the time your heart rate catches up your session will be a quarter to half over depending on the regimen. Data derived from it is as good as useless.

    HRM is applicable only for steady state activities up to your threshold for about two hours. And MANY factors will influence it besides the activity. It's a rough guide.

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