Hiit

**chico1st** · 08-19-2006, 02:29 PM

Hey i was just wondering what peoples experiences were for HIIT as opposed to regular low intensity cardio. I know they say it works better but has it worked for you?

Also I've always heard that we should do cardio at least 2x a week while cutting or bulking. Is this true? Can I use HIIT as my cardio if im cutting or bulking or is it tooo intense? Like for bulking would I burn off too many calories?

Thanks for any help you can give!

**rmcfar** · 08-19-2006, 06:15 PM

please lord please do a damn search
i havent even been here for very long and im sick and tired of HIIT threads

**chico1st** · 08-19-2006, 06:20 PM

haha.. well the reason i posted it here is that i find the members of this board to be more... honest than articles written about programs, all the articles ive read have said its great in everyway, but they are probably biased :P

**P-funk** · 08-19-2006, 06:22 PM

it is great. it is great when implemented properly. you need to evaluate your trainign routine....leg day intensity and frequency and then figure out how to integrate HIIT in to the weekly plan beacuse it can be taxing on the lower body.

**Witchblade** · 08-19-2006, 07:11 PM

Guerilla Cardio, baby. Because it hurts and there's no game without pain.

**ubercoach** · 08-21-2006, 07:29 PM

Originally Posted by Witchblade

Guerilla Cardio, baby. Because it hurts and there's no game without pain.

You are badly misinformed:
If you are referring to training to the point of pain, completely inappropriate.
If you are talking about playing in pain, completely inappropriate.
If you are talking about competing in pain, generally inappropriate.

My athletes will tell you that they are often trained to discomfort, but never pain. Further they are often asked about their state of perceived effort. During lactate threshold training, generally executed on an Erg, stress is monitored with a combination of perceived exertion and heart rate. This is also the case for intense sprint training.
Some of my cage fighters occassionally train in pain because they let their opponent hit them while sparring.
Perhaps, Witchblade, if you would define your terms, you'd get more appropriate feedback.

Ubercoach

**BraveUlysses** · 08-21-2006, 07:42 PM

Originally Posted by chico1st

haha.. well the reason i posted it here is that i find the members of this board to be more... honest than articles written about programs, all the articles ive read have said its great in everyway, but they are probably biased :P

Just so you know, he didnt mean "seach engine". He meant an Iron mag search. The seach feature here is fast and accurate and it saves time...and bandwith...

**CowPimp** · 08-21-2006, 09:52 PM

I've had good results in terms of fat loss with both aerobic and anaerobic forms of cardiovascular exercise assuming that I had my diet in check. I find HIIT to be far more enjoyable, and it seems as though the transfer of training effects from interval training to aerobic conditioning is better than the reverse.

**Witchblade** · 08-22-2006, 12:39 PM

Originally Posted by ubercoach

You are badly misinformed:
If you are referring to training to the point of pain, completely inappropriate.
If you are talking about playing in pain, completely inappropriate.
If you are talking about competing in pain, generally inappropriate.

My athletes will tell you that they are often trained to discomfort, but never pain. Further they are often asked about their state of perceived effort. During lactate threshold training, generally executed on an Erg, stress is monitored with a combination of perceived exertion and heart rate. This is also the case for intense sprint training.
Some of my cage fighters occassionally train in pain because they let their opponent hit them while sparring.
Perhaps, Witchblade, if you would define your terms, you'd get more appropriate feedback.

Ubercoach

My statement was more of a joke really. Personally, I do GC as my cardio training and that hurts like hell. 'Discomfort' doesn't come close to describing it. It's not pain like breaking something or getting hit in the face though. It's good pain, like sore muscles. The 'discomfort' is a sign that you've really given it all and that's good IMO (provided that you execute the program correctly and that you don't overtrain).

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