Group: General Diet & Nutrition

General Diet & Nutrition
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 399, Messages: 16719

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treadmill + HIIT = results

deadkenny
deadkenny
Posts: 11
Joined: 2002/10/15
Canada
2006/04/16, 09:34 PM
Ive been doing the treadmill with HIIT every second day, but lately even less, and im seeing great results with it and HIIT!

I threw that scale in the closet and stopped worying about weight over 2 months ago, and im seeing results with my body like my metabolism has shot up! Now i plan to hit full speed before vacation in 2.5 weeks.


The program: The treadmills at my gym has an "interval" mode, you have a jogging speed and running speed. Mine are 5.2 jog and 6.6 run (id like to hear other's speed, im just an amateur probably), so I start the program right away but do 5 minute wormup, so at the beginning lower the speed to 2.9 then every 20 seconds up it by one until you reach 5 minutes. I vary depending on my mood.

At 5 minutes, hit the interval button and run 15-20 seconds at, then hit the button again and jog for the remaining of the minute. At minute 7 rebegin. If you get too tired after 10 mins, when u goto jog lower the speed in the high 4's if you need to.

At the end dont stop abruptly but rather have a warmdown and go from 5 to lower opposite of what we did at the beginning.

I hope this helps someone, i love it, short, exhausting, and results! Much better than that time wasted doing 50 mins of the same thing all the time.
bb1fit
bb1fit
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Joined: 2001/06/30
United States
2006/04/17, 09:31 AM
Glad it is working for you. Congratulations on getting more fit and healthy.

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houseofdiet
houseofdiet
Posts: 161
Joined: 2003/01/07
United States
2006/04/24, 06:30 PM
i've been doing HIIT while puching my son in his stroller... so far i haven't seen results but i just started last week. We have been walking 3-4 miles a day.... what i do is one block at a good clip ... and then one at a faster pace. I was a little disappointed when i logged my stats in at fitday .... almost 4 miles and it said i only burned 270 cals... :(
bb1fit
bb1fit
Posts: 11,105
Joined: 2001/06/30
United States
2006/04/24, 06:45 PM
Unfortunately, this is a fact. Should make you think about that sweet roll or candy bar the next time you grab one...500+ calories...think about how much you have to do to burn that off, maybe you won't eat it.

You will make progress with the HIIT, stay with it. Have a diet complimentary and you can't help but see results. Weight loss is all about a caloric deficit. energy in<energy out

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kdubbu04
kdubbu04
Posts: 25
Joined: 2005/12/08
United States
2006/05/12, 10:39 AM
i'd did HIIT for 3 Weeks a little bit back , everyNight, just for the hell of it. I would run 7.5 for 4 minutes 9.0 for 4 minutes, than 8.0 for 4 minutes. Anyhow i started at 5'09 170 ( im a guy in pretty fair shape) in that time i think i lost 5 pounds but there wasnt much to loss anyhow and i was actually getting a decent workout on my inner thighs. Im not sure why i did it , but i could clearly see that it is effective and i noticed a boost in my metabolism.
fallin12
fallin12
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Joined: 2010/10/13
United States
2010/10/14, 09:18 AM
Hi,


Good to see the thread which is good from my and others point also and can help many people cheer!!

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Karl76
Karl76
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Joined: 2011/04/07
Canada
2011/04/07, 08:55 AM
I've been training on a new hiit treadmill for the past 6 weeks. They claimed I could lose weigt and improve my physical condition and man did it deliver. I lost almost 10 pounds and increased my muscle mass a lot with this 3min routine 3x a week ONLY. has anyone else worked out on it ? the makers website is www.hitrainer.com
nurse2B2013
nurse2B2013
Posts: 1
Joined: 2013/01/13
Canada
2013/01/15, 03:51 PM
does anyone know of any good sites for a newbie to follow a hit program?? I am new to jogging can maybe jog comfortable at a speed of 5.0 for maybe 3 minutes, or can someone produce a hit program for me please?

Thank you,
Kind Regards