Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 379, Messages: 54578

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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Hiit question.

Riggsby24
Riggsby24
Posts: 5
Joined: 2010/11/29
United States
2010/12/07, 11:42 AM
I have just started doing high intensity interval training. I use the elliptical machine and begin with a 5 min warm up, then I start intervals. The ratio I have started out with is 20 seconds intense: 20 seconds of slow/rest. I repeat the 20:20 for 5 minutes which gives me 8 sets before my 5-10 minute cool down. I only do 5 minutes because that's all I can handle. My question is if this is a good hiit workout or if I should change it to a 20 sec intense and 40 sec rest with more reps. ?
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Carivan
Carivan
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Joined: 2002/01/20
Canada
2010/12/16, 10:03 AM
Always try to increase , it doesn't have to be buy much!.
dgjesu3
dgjesu3
Posts: 104
Joined: 2006/11/13
United States
2010/12/23, 03:14 AM
That's the beauty of HIIT! You can switch it up, sometimes do it longer, and other times shorter. However, you don't want to go too long in a HIIT workout, 15-20 min. is ideal.