Let me see if l understand (HIIT)

[ESPN]

When you do HIIT(Running fast and jogging), you will lose the fat in your day activities and NOT in the session.
You will only lose calories and your protein will be saved.
Is that right?
Is the fat you lose in the day activities enough to you note changes in your body?
How much the fat-burning-daily-activities is affected by the a HIIT session in the morning?(EX: 10%, etc.)

[This message has been edited by ESPN (edited 07-24-2002).]

 

[Lt dan]

hey this has been up a while, i want to know this too, can somebody respond with an answer to his questions

 

[Soshyopathe]

HIIT is just a better way to run because you get better results and hit your peak in 10-20 minutes, so you don't have to spend an hour doing an aerobic catabolic excersize. You won't lose as much muscle.

 

[Lt dan]

is that the sprint jog thing. sprint then jog then sprint then jog

 

[DIESEL]

Originally posted by ESPN
When you do HIIT(Running fast and jogging), you will lose the fat in your day activities and NOT in the session.
You will only lose calories and your protein will be saved.
Is that right?
Is the fat you lose in the day activities enough to you note changes in your body?
How much the fat-burning-daily-activities is affected by the a HIIT session in the morning?(EX: 10%, etc.)

[This message has been edited by ESPN (edited 07-24-2002).]

HIIT is dope because no only do you burn the same calories in 20 minutes that you would do in 40 if you were going at wuss intensity, but redlining your cardiovascular like that has the added effect of cranking your metabolic rate for up to 6 hours post-cardio or even longer if you are on a fat burner (which wouldn't happen with regular aerobics), not to mention the anabolic effects of such a strenous workout - i.e. HIIT, like squatting or deadlifting will cause a release of GH and Test - something that will spare your muscle.

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[Ricky]

And this is a good article on it. I read it when the magazine came out.

It is so much easier to do this workout on a machine than running, it isn't even funny. I'd suggest people start out on the bike first. It's easier to keep track of the time that way too since it is on the machine instead on having to look at your wrist watch while sprinting or setting a timer.

Muscle Media HIIT

 

[Viroid]

Originally posted by Ricky


It is so much easier to do this workout on a machine than running, it isn't even funny.

I agree. Its not as easy to injure yourself for those of you who run like girls.

 

[Escude]

i read it, but i need to see it in action to understand it..

is this the reason why guys like Dennis Rodman, Jerry Rice, Andre Agassi have excellent muscular physique yet have incredible endurance and sprinting speed? I know all three of them literally sprint up long hills

 

[Ricky]

Well I think of sprinters themselves that are that way.

Heres a good way to get used to that HIIT routine. I use an exercise bike because it is easy to keep an eye on the time.

Warmup for 4 minutes. Then blast into it with the 30 secs of pedaling as fast as you can followed by 30 secs of break. Repeat for 4 cycles. As you go on in the workout, follow his table. Each time you can do it a bit longer workout.

Running is more difficult, but it is also more difficult to keep your eye on the time. You could do it where you run half a lap on a track then jog for 30 seconds, run another half lap, etc.

There is no magic really in how you do it. I do like to keep my eye on the time of sprint (or all out pedaling) and recovering though.

Some days of the weeks I just run sprints with as much break in between as I need. It does basically the same thing, but the lower the recovery time between sprints, the better the conditioning of your system.

 

[semag]

Yeah.... I remember on one of the threads, someone said something that said "HIIT isn't for wusses, it's gonna hurt."

It's one thing you notice if you've done endurance cardio at all, is the difference between the burning in your lungs. He he he... but it makes it feel like it's working....

 

[Ricky]

A good way to start out with it is on a bike with the resistance low. As you get better and better with it you can add more time and more resistance.

I just started another 8 week cycle of it following the Muscle Media guide I posted. My first two HIIT workouts were on the bike for 4 minute cycles (I warmup for 4 minutes, do 4 minute HIIT then go slow for a few minutes to warmdown)
But tomorrow, I plan on doing it with running as part of leg day. I know it will compromise my leg lifts a bit, but I am trying to lower body fat so I'm cutting right now.

Plus I need to rehab my shoulder, so I'm lifting a bit lighter in general. It still felt a bit painful during benching today, so for the next few weeks, I'm going exclusively to dumbbell pressing for it and will do some rotator cuff exercises.