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hikeout470
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Ok so now tell me, what is HIIT??0
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What is HIIT?0
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Please, tell us what you're doing. Thanks!0
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High Intensity Interval Training0
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do tell0
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" 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. "0
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Are there any HIIT work out videos??0
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It' a great way to burn a lot of calories in a short period of time. I do it all the time.0
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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.0
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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.html0 -
you will see a modified version of this in the c25k program...0
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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.
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Good gravy. I know what it stands for. :huh:
What flavor of it, what routine(s) have you been using?0 -
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.0 -
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!0
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Awesome. Thanks for the detailed info!0
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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.0
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