Hiit?

[HeavyLineBacker]

i hear everyone talkin about HIIT is good for fat lose. but what exactly is HIIT?

 

[Snake_Eyes]

High Intensity Interval Training.

Its generally applied to sprint training, but it involves any activity that staggers periods of high-effort work with periods of low-effort work.

For example, someone doing sprints would sprint at their fastest speed till exhaustion (for most people, 15-20 seconds), then jog or walk for 30-45 seconds. This is repeated for a specific time interval.

It can be applied to any activity that requires cardiovascular exertion, like jumping rope, rowing, cycling, etc.

My favorite lately has been to use the clean & jerk or power snatch for sets of 5 with short rest periods.

 

[HeavyLineBacker]

so basically its do something like snatches as u mentioned as hard as u can, then taking a short break?

or sprinting 20 yds and jogin 50 then sprintin again 20 and so on?

 

[Snake_Eyes]

Yup.

 

[Arnold]

also, you can do HIIT with just about anything: treadmill, recumbant bike, stairstepper, sprinting, elyptical glider, whatever.

 

[Julie7Ulie]

Do you think variation every 5 minutes is as effective? Like sprint for 3 mins, jog slowly for 2, and at every repeat, increase the speed? I do this sometimes and call it a form of HIIT.. should I be?

 

[SkyDiver]

The problem with that is that noone can possibly sprint at their fastest speed for more than 30 seconds, if that.

 

[rburton]

HIIT is effective for fast loss; however, fat loss occurs from a caloric deficit, and strength training w/o cardio works very well when a caloric deficit is implemented.

 

[HeavyLineBacker]

so if im tryin to cut weight HIIT would be good for me?!?! i dont see how this is good for fat loss? i would think it more for endurance... which every could allways use a little more

 

[Julie7Ulie]

Originally posted by SkyDiver
The problem with that is that noone can possibly sprint at their fastest speed for more than 30 seconds, if that.

Is this your answer to my question?

I just think that if I comfortably jog at 5.0 mph and start running at 6.0 mph, after 20 minutes, I will be at 8.0 mph or so. 8.5 is a full total insane sprint for me, but I never reach that point. 8.0 is torture already for me, but 2 minutes is a long sprint.

Does this make more sense?