La Times and HIIT..what took so long?
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I'm surprised by how long it's taking people to catch on to this. Even well-respected, academically-based weight loss programs have yet to recommend anything besides increasing amounts of steady-state cardio. And I never see anyone else at the gym sprinting like a madman like I do.
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Excellent point Gazelle..and what perplexes me even more is that people who do steady state aerobics complain that they never see the results from all their effort.
If someone is watching Tv or reading a book while doing their "Cardio" then they are not working out hard enough or are not focused on their workout. |
Hmm...I tried to click on the link but I guess I need a subscription. Is HIIT basically the up & down in intensity workouts? I think I've seen it explained somewhere before.
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I think that this is the one...I'm just starting to train and am finding this very interesting. Thanks! :thup:
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use the link for the second page. Its a free registration. http://www.latimes.com/features/hea...t=true&ctrack=1 |
The beauty of this is that it you don't have to kill yourself off the bat.
You can start off for as little as 4 minutes a day 3x's a week..you can then add a minute per week til you've worked up to doing 15 minutes for 3x's a week. If you work up to that along with weight lifting, I guarentee that you will be in shape. And it can be as simple as very fast walking..then regular walking,then very fast walking..or do the same on a stationary bike. I run bleachers..my interval is running up bleachers,then walking down them, running up, walking down. It is a superior system to burn fat. Period. |
I'm reviving this thread. I was a bit distracted this past week and missed it somehow! But this has been an interest of mine for months now.
I can definitely see the "old school" (and not in a good way like "old skool") cardio trend at my gym. And even my trainer (with whom I only have a couple more sessions anyhow) is a "steady cardio" man. However, I told him I wanted to do interval training with my cardio and he at least played along by suggesting doing it once a week. Well, whatever! I figure for this month I'll play his game...mostly...but you can be sure I'm angling to create a HIIT plan for myself for the future (while still applying those principles to my all my cardio right now). |
It makes a HUGE difference! I first started jogging by "accident" one day on the treadmill. I'd worked up to walking about as fast as I could and then found myself jogging just a little bit. Amazingly enough, I got faster and faster over time and was able to run for longer and longer periods. And, yes, I do feel younger!
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HIIT is my way!
I see my secret is out! ( Ha Ha) It does work. I do some kind of HIIT routine everytime I use the treadmill. I notice not too many people want to put the effort into it though. They just stare at me and say "I wish I could look like you" do their 20 minute slow walk and leave. ( that 20 min is better than nothing though!)
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The problem with this for cardio is keep it up without causing an injury. Sprinting is the surest way to develop an injury for someone not well trained or overweight. What works better (and safer) is running on the treadmill at 15% grade. That gets the heart rate elevated long before you give yourself achiles tendinits or shinsplints or any of the other common runner maladies.
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Who said it had to be only sprints? It could be walking at first,stationary bike and treadmill..
I don't know of to many sprinters that have shinsplints,that is usually long distant runners..that slow steady cardio and that continuous pounding the bottom line is this is the most efficient form of "cardio" combined with weightlifting, to lose fat. Plus you do it in a lot less time and you see results faster. |
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I am relating this to what I did as a kid when I was training as a swimmer. When we worked out, we did distance and then short sprints, over and over...and then over again!! It was a heavy workout but I do believe that due to that kind of working out as a child, that I've got muscle memory and am hoping this will get me where I am trying to go now. I'm happy to know that I can do this same thing without getting wet!! :lol: |
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Right, and it's all about the relative intensity level at which you are working. If you can't run or sprint easily, you can still do HIIT by walking at an incline. I also do it on the step mill. It's whatever activity is intense for YOU. The great thing is that like weight lifting, where you continually add weight to challenge your muscles, you gradually increase the intensity as you adapt, so you actually can work up to running over time. Long-distance running gave me shin splints, plantar fasciitis and ITB. HIIT has only made me faster and stronger. |
doesn't have to be sprints
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High Intensity doesn't mean "run as fast as you can" ( Although the young guys at my gym are pretty entertaining when they run at 9.0 and look like they are going to fall on their face) You don't even have to use the treadmill, there are soooooooo many other fun ways. |
I've been toying around with HIIT and it makes me feel so nauseaus! Thank god it doesnt last long!
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