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What is HIIT?

jsvez Posts: 112 Joined: 2003/09/23	2004/01/21, 02:46 PM Just wondering what HIIT is? The search button keeps generating error, looks like the form page is missing.
yadmit Posts: 4,670 Joined: 2003/10/05	2004/01/21, 02:58 PM If I am correct it High Intesity Interval Training... Basically, you do cardio and at certain intervals you work harder for about a minute to two minutes to get the heart rate up. So, you work at (I think) 60 to 70% of your max heart rate for a bit, then go hard to get the heart rate up to 80% or so for a minute or two, then slow down to get the heart rate back down. Is my description correct? -------------- Tim "I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self." Aristotle
fryer91 Posts: 441 Joined: 2003/09/29	2004/01/21, 04:38 PM Yep, I think Tim has got it. HIIT sucks, but it is a great manipulator. It keeps the body from getting use to the same ole thing. Of course I have a small boy that came crying to me once; Dad dad, cry cry cry, "what's wrong". Cry cry, I got Hi-it... Anyway, HIIT can make ya cry...
mmaibohm Posts: 1,621 Joined: 2003/09/30	2004/01/21, 07:59 PM thats right guys walk for a bit then sprint then walk then sprint. and so on -------------- I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it is gone past me I will turn to see fear's path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2004/01/21, 08:09 PM HIIT will in the long run burn more calories than any standard cardio due to the rise in baseline metabolism you get from it. It will in other words do a much better job in a shorter period of time of raising your metabolism for the day, thus burning more calories throughout the day rather than just while you are doing cardio. It's anerobic component plays a big part in this. Vary up your cardio sessions, use both types, will help to keep your body from adapting. HIIT is the best way to burn more bodyfat. -------------- If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything....
yadmit Posts: 4,670 Joined: 2003/10/05	2004/01/21, 09:08 PM Hahhaah.. kids.. I actually like HIIT... it makes the time go by faster for me... I think it's the variety... ============ Quoting from fryer91: Yep, I think Tim has got it. HIIT sucks, but it is a great manipulator. It keeps the body from getting use to the same ole thing. Of course I have a small boy that came crying to me once; Dad dad, cry cry cry, "what's wrong". Cry cry, I got Hi-it... Anyway, HIIT can make ya cry... ============= -------------- Tim "I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self." Aristotle
fryer91 Posts: 441 Joined: 2003/09/29	2004/01/22, 09:24 AM Tim-you a crazy man!!! HIIT: Since BB1 introduced it to me; I do it, but I still hate it! Heart a pounded, things a burning that you didn't think could, sweat a dripping where you didn't think it could drip, and walking afterwards is a challenge in itself. Thanks BB1; I think!
yadmit Posts: 4,670 Joined: 2003/10/05	2004/01/22, 09:44 AM hahahaha... I guess I should define "like." I like it better than regular cardio... I'm not a big fan of cardio, but it is a necessary evil... haha... -------------- Tim "I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self." Aristotle
nerraw Posts: 236 Joined: 2003/03/09	2004/01/22, 10:24 AM I am in the supporters club, i thoroughly enjoy my intermitant blasts of HIIT. kills the mundanety of regular tread mill gallops and yes culls that belly big time.
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2004/01/22, 10:36 AM Well, I am glad some of you enjoy it! I for one am not a cardio buff, I hate it, but as TimDay says, it is a necessary evil. I can get outside on my bike and ride for miles and miles, but 5 minutes in the gym on a cardio apparatus is like 5 hrs.! Fryer, glad you hate it as much as I do!! LOL...I am going in in a few minutes to do a session of HIIT! Oh well, got to do it. -------------- If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything....
jsvez Posts: 112 Joined: 2003/09/23	2004/01/22, 01:02 PM Thanks for the clarification. I am going to add this to my routine starting tonight. Cheers
yadmit Posts: 4,670 Joined: 2003/10/05	2004/01/22, 01:19 PM Have fun! -------------- Tim "I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self." Aristotle
fryer91 Posts: 441 Joined: 2003/09/29	2004/01/22, 03:06 PM Good Luck, and may your bowels stay where they are suppose to...
temort Posts: 64 Joined: 2004/01/05	2004/01/27, 03:03 PM I like HIIT so far. I do it for about 22 mins. and feel great afterward. It's hard but I just take it 1 minute at a time. =) What is the best amount of time to do cardio for fat burning but not taking away any muscle that you all have found? Thanx in advance. -Tom
temort Posts: 64 Joined: 2004/01/05	2004/01/27, 03:04 PM Also just wanted to add that I have just started about 2 weeks ago and have enjoyed cardio more than weights. Wonder why that is...lol
fryer91 Posts: 441 Joined: 2003/09/29	2004/01/27, 03:55 PM 20 minutes of HIIT today...Where is BB1????
thosecrazysims Posts: 157 Joined: 2003/09/22	2005/10/29, 02:47 PM I love HIIT. I Like going to the track and running a straight a ways and then walking the curve. It was funner and challengeing. :dumbbell: ============ Quoting from TimDay: Hahhaah.. kids.. I actually like HIIT... it makes the time go by faster for me... I think it's the variety... ============= -------------- Never say TRY because it gives you the chance to quit. Make a Large goal easier by taking small steps. If you make small goals you will feel like you are accomplishing something, because you are. Keep up the good work! Lori C Sims For More Support Email me or send me a Free Trainers instant message! :) or AIM: loricrystalsims Yahoo: loricsims
dendys Posts: 139 Joined: 2005/10/24	2005/11/02, 06:45 PM OK guys So that crazy cycling class I do, interval after interval and my heart is about to explode is truly the best work out? I actual love the endorphine high, yes I am nuts. But come on, we all are. See you in the gym P.S. I liked the fear poem---thanks. Dendy
jclarkson Posts: 8 Joined: 2006/02/24	2006/04/28, 12:15 PM I have heard that in order to burn fat and get a good cardio work out you must excersize for at least 30 minutes, is it different with HIIT because people recommend working out for only 20 minutes