How do you running hiit?

AlsDonkBoxSquat
AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
How do you running hiit? I’ve been playing with numbers and times trying to figure out how I want to hiit my running. I tabata 20/10 . . . but I don’t run tabata I plyo, push up, ab work, yadda yadda tabata. I’ve tried 45/30, 90/30, 60/30, and yesterday I saw one of my mpf’s say he 30/30’s. (on/off). I’ve been doing it on a treadmill and find that it takes too long to slow it down for active rest and speed it back up, so I go hard, then jump onto the rails and stand to rest.

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  • horndave
    horndave Posts: 565
    If using a treadmill do a minute and half, minute walk. If not two minutes
  • Microfiber_wechange
    Microfiber_wechange Posts: 640
    Someone will come along soon to answer you as I've understood nothing I've read :laugh: :laugh:
  • Aperture_Science
    Aperture_Science Posts: 840 Member
    I do Tabata 20s/10s on the road. 20s full blast 10s stationary recovery.
  • ickybella
    ickybella Posts: 1,438 Member
    If using a treadmill do a minute and half, minute walk. If not two minutes

    I do this as well (but outside) only because I have a knee/ankle injury, though. When I was fitter, I did 30/15 or 60/30. If I was feeling lazy, 90/45 (because you get a longer rest period).
  • jnh17
    jnh17 Posts: 838 Member
    I use 2 treadmills. One always going at my high intensity speed, and one at my "rest" speed which is actually a 5.0 slow jog.
  • kdiamond
    kdiamond Posts: 3,329 Member
    I do 2 minutes @ 4.0 brisk walk, then 1 minute @ 6.5 brisk jog, then 30 seconds at 9.0 (very fast run/sprinting for me), then 1.5 minutes cooldown @ 4.0. Then I start back with the 1 minute, 30 seconds, and 1.5 minutes cooldown until I get to 20. I am certainly done by the time I get to 20.
  • jnh17
    jnh17 Posts: 838 Member
    Here is my actual workout:

    1 mile at 6.5 - 9 minutes
    walk 3.5 - 2 minutes
    run 9.5 - 45 seconds (I try to increase the interval time each week)
    jog 5.0 - 1.5 minutes
    run 9.5 - 45 seconds
    jog 5.0 - 1.5
    run 9.5 - 45 seconds
    jog 5.0 - 1.5
    run 9.5 - 45 seconds
    jog 5.0 - 1.5
    pray and question why I do this to myself/try and convince myself being fat wouldn't be so bad

    All equals about 20 minutes. Sometimes I need a little more rest time and sometimes less. You know how that goes...
  • laurcampbell
    laurcampbell Posts: 54 Member
    I do HIIT on the tread also - I hear of a lot of peeps who do it on the elliptical and am actually going to be giving that a try tonight only because I am so prone to stress fractures in my feet and I feel like HIIT on the tread is so tough on them...

    My actual workout is:

    5 min warm up @ 5mph
    60 sec @ 9mph
    120 sec @ 5mph

    Repeat 8-10 times and finish with a 5 min cool down @ 5mph

    As my feet feel better (again hopefully with the elliptical HIIT 2x a wk) I would like to try and do a tread HIIT at least 1x a wk and try for faster intensity speed and shorter rest (similar to Jnh17 HIIT). Total these take me about 30-32 min depending...hope any of this helps!!
  • AlsDonkBoxSquat
    AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
    Thanks for the replies!! Looks like everyone is all over the place on this.

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