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HIIT Cardio Rocks!
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02-23-2005, 06:20 PM #1Shut up and train! ELITE MEMBER
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HIIT Cardio Rocks!
I did HIIT cardio for the first time today. I used the elliptical machine. My cardio consisted of a 5 min warm up and then 30 sec intervals of max intensity (95 RPM) and 30 sec intervals of lower intensity (50 RPM). I was able to keep this up for 15 min (20 min with warm up). Felt like I was going to throw up b/c of the intensity. Going to try to work up to 20 min.
Just wanted to share. Sure gave a kick start to my cardio session.
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02-23-2005, 07:49 PM #3High $ociety
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For me, HIIT makes cardio sessions go quicker...which is always a good thing for someone who does not enjoy it.
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What are some examples of HIIT?
Are specific intervals supposed to be used...? What's the benefit over "regular" cardio?
I'm really not all that familiar with it...any info is appreciated.Maximus:
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HIIT is when you do cardio at your max intensity for about 30-60 seconds then you do low intensity for about the same time. It's just faster than regular cardio. You can do it on any cardio.
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So would interval training where you walk at a very high degree of incline for 2 minutes, then level it off for a minute, be a form of HIIT?
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03-25-2005, 10:13 AM #7Senior Member ELITE MEMBER
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I don't think what you're talking about is HIIT. Here's the HIIT site.
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03-25-2005, 10:32 AM #8Yuppie
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A lot of people use different variations of HIIT. Benefits of HIIT over regular cardio is that workouts are shorter and HIIT is supposed to drop the fat quicker.
When I do HIIT, I warmup, then sprint for about 15 seconds, jog 45 seconds, repeat until I'm beat (usually after 6 sprints), then cooldown. Sometimes I will extend the jogging time in order to do more sprints.. I don't know if this is necessarily cheating. Anyway, I am curious as to how everyone else does their HIIT as well.
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03-25-2005, 12:26 PM #9Functional Lifting = Life
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I do something that's almost similar. I set the treadmill at one speed (an extremely fast walk or a medium paced jog) and I set a goal time. For the entire time, I just keep moving one way or the other. If my calves get exhausted from walking that fast, I start jogging; if that tires me out, I start walking. It's actually kind of fun because you can do it any way you want as long as you keep moving (I'm sure others will go faster, but I figured I'd try it one day and I liked it).
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apparently intervals of 10/10...burn 3 times more fat than intervals of around 24/30
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can you explain what you mean by this? Originally Posted by Machher
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03-25-2005, 02:23 PM #12Registered User
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i do my cardio very similar to this, but 1:30min jogs and 30sec sprints, after about 5 sprints (11-12mins) i'm outta there! Originally Posted by KentDog
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Ive read a few articles suggesting that sprinting can be anaerobic in nature and may help to increase lower body strength.
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