Whoever told me about HIIT on this board...

hikeout470
hikeout470 Posts: 628 Member
edited October 3 in Fitness and Exercise
I LOVE YOU! Working it into the cardio 2x a week, achieving significant mid-section fat loss. I feel so powerful with this tool!
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  • STACEBAR
    STACEBAR Posts: 21
    Ok so now tell me, what is HIIT?? :smile:
  • RosieB405
    RosieB405 Posts: 150 Member
    What is HIIT?
  • CaptainGordo
    CaptainGordo Posts: 4,437 Member
    Please, tell us what you're doing. Thanks!
  • horndave
    horndave Posts: 565
    High Intensity Interval Training
  • baypathgradLyns
    baypathgradLyns Posts: 639 Member
    do tell :D
  • kallico
    kallico Posts: 24 Member
    " HIIT stands for high intensity interval training. The basic premise behind HIIT is that you work really hard for a short burst and then have an active recovery period. Generally speaking, you may sprint for 30 seconds and then jog or walk for 1 minute. You would repeat this workout routine numerous times for the best effect. "
  • graing19
    graing19 Posts: 1
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-intensity_interval_training
  • horsepullerlovesme
    horsepullerlovesme Posts: 228 Member
    bump
  • puggleperson
    puggleperson Posts: 740 Member
    Are there any HIIT work out videos??
  • msjac23
    msjac23 Posts: 140 Member
    It' a great way to burn a lot of calories in a short period of time. I do it all the time.
  • cjasins
    cjasins Posts: 93
    HIIT is an exercise strategy that is intended to improve performance with short training sessions. It's a form of cardio that is beneficial to burning fat in a short and intense workout. Usual HIIT sessions may vary from 9–20 minutes. The original protocol set a 2:1 ratio for recovery to work periods. For example, a runner would alternate 30–40 seconds of jogging or walking with 15–20 seconds of hard sprinting.
  • LosingJenn
    LosingJenn Posts: 27
    High Intensity Interval Training- I do this with my personal trainer and am going to start doing it at home too. I am in no way affiliated with this website. It just explains HIIT well.
    http://www.intervaltraining.net/hiit.html
  • kallico
    kallico Posts: 24 Member
    you will see a modified version of this in the c25k program...
  • NicLiving
    NicLiving Posts: 261 Member
    :smile:
    HIIT is an exercise strategy that is intended to improve performance with short training sessions. It's a form of cardio that is beneficial to burning fat in a short and intense workout. Usual HIIT sessions may vary from 9–20 minutes. The original protocol set a 2:1 ratio for recovery to work periods. For example, a runner would alternate 30–40 seconds of jogging or walking with 15–20 seconds of hard sprinting.

    Now tha't what mfp.com is all about...for sharing useful information about exercise & nutrition! Thanks for sharing :smile:
  • Gemnildy
    Gemnildy Posts: 124 Member
    BUMP
  • CaptainGordo
    CaptainGordo Posts: 4,437 Member
    Good gravy. I know what it stands for. :huh:

    What flavor of it, what routine(s) have you been using?
  • hooah_mj
    hooah_mj Posts: 1,004 Member
    It sure does work!
    Aside from significant weights, I generally focus on high intervals....It's tough, but it's pretty quick and very effective.
  • hikeout470
    hikeout470 Posts: 628 Member
    I downloaded an app for my iphone that has a good program. It has beginner, intermediate, advanced and tabata selections. It is called "seconds". I sometimes will get the heart rate up a good 40 minutes prior to starting to get the benefit of both types of cardio, other days 20 minutes on the machines is all I have time for. Today was 15 minutes walk at an incline of 9.0 and 3.3 mph, followed by 25 minutes light run and then I started the beginner program which takes about 20 minutes. Beginner program: Walk 5, 30 seconds run at 8.5mph, then 1 1/2 minutes at 4mph walk, repeat 6x. Then 5 minutes cool down. I know it is working because I am feeling it at least two days after the interval workouts. I was at the intermediate level before I took a 2 week hiatus for whiplash... So starting over. I was overdoing it there for a while with 10mph sprints, could tell because it made me grumpy for a whole day after... So dialed it back a bit. Also, noticed my "light jog" pace has gone up from 5.2 to 6.0 mph... Crazy!
  • CaptainGordo
    CaptainGordo Posts: 4,437 Member
    Awesome. Thanks for the detailed info!
  • hikeout470
    hikeout470 Posts: 628 Member
    Many articles on the internet, but one such article that caught my attention was about the cardiovascular benefits of intervals. It is suppose to target visceral fat, or the fat on the inside - even thin people have it. It supposedly causes your body to burn fat for up to 48 hours after HIIT, unlike steady - state cardio which supposedly targets the outer fat and you stop getting the benefits when you stop the exercise. Good stuff.
  • arc918
    arc918 Posts: 2,037 Member
    " HIIT stands for high intensity interval training. The basic premise behind HIIT is that you work really hard for a short burst and then have an active recovery period. Generally speaking, you may sprint for 30 seconds and then jog or walk for 1 minute. You would repeat this workout routine numerous times for the best effect. "

    Your goal should be to work towards having the intervals last longer than the jogs/walks in between.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,985 Member
    I LOVE YOU! Working it into the cardio 2x a week, achieving significant mid-section fat loss. I feel so powerful with this tool!
    You're welcome.
  • hikeout470
    hikeout470 Posts: 628 Member
    " HIIT stands for high intensity interval training. The basic premise behind HIIT is that you work really hard for a short burst and then have an active recovery period. Generally speaking, you may sprint for 30 seconds and then jog or walk for 1 minute. You would repeat this workout routine numerous times for the best effect. "

    Your goal should be to work towards having the intervals last longer than the jogs/walks in between.

    One article I read stated the goal to be such an effort at the high intensity, that you could barely walk on the recovery. I am no where close to this. Although my body probably could physically do this, I would be toast afterward for at least a day...
  • Rae6503
    Rae6503 Posts: 6,294 Member
    Are there any HIIT work out videos??

    Turbo Fire includes HIITs.
  • irridia
    irridia Posts: 527 Member
    I LOVE HITTIN it!!
    When I do it I either run up stairs till I can't and then walk until I can run the stairs again, or I swim as hard as I can until I can't catch my breath and then back stroke slowly untill I'm breathing reasonablly and then rinse and repeat for between 30 min to 1 hr.
    When I added stronglifts 5x5 I kept going until I decided I wasn't recovering well enough and have put that on hold and to mild to moderate cardio on workout days and yoga or mild cardio on non workout day.

    I wouldn't think you would need a video unless you just need explanations.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,985 Member



    One article I read stated the goal to be such an effort at the high intensity, that you could barely walk on the recovery. I am no where close to this. Although my body probably could physically do this, I would be toast afterward for at least a day...
    Sounds like Tabata. You should be gasping for air, but it's only for 4 minutes.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,985 Member
    A good way to do HIIT at home is with burpees (and make sure you jump at the end of the movement). On recovery just march in place. So 30 seconds of fast burpees, then recover.
  • hikeout470
    hikeout470 Posts: 628 Member
    Good to know, thanks!
  • kdiamond
    kdiamond Posts: 3,329 Member
    I love it too...

    I do 20 minutes on the treadmill.

    2 minutes warmup at 4.0, 90 seconds running at 7.5, repeat until you hit 20. The beauty of this is that it goes by soooo fast because you are so busy recooperating from the run during your walk that time flies.
  • Jazzyjules71
    Jazzyjules71 Posts: 150 Member
    One thing no one has mentioned....doing HIIT without the walking/running! Like on the elliptical, or combining it with strength moves to get strength training AND cardio. The best of all worlds- doing burpees, or plyo jumps, or something HR rising in between strength moves that work muliple muscle groups- this is highly effective.
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