Why AREN'T you doing HIIT

After reading about HIIT I finally tried it out; I just completed my first full month of HIIT- five days a week, first thing in the morning.

I feel GREAT.

I will NEVER go back to sweating an hour on the exercise bike...why, when 23 minutes will do?

im sorry maybe a ignorant question but what is HIIT

High

Intensity

Interval

Training

*****

Learn it. Live it. Love it.

High Intensity Interval Training.

oh thanx guess you do learn something new everyday :)

hmm... but does it burn as many calories as 60 minute cardio?

((and here is another thing to learn today!! Monkies that make/use spears! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6387611.s tm ))

Because I don't want to.

Because I'm too tired some days. 

Because I can't reach a high enough intensity at the gym. :(

Because I prefer lots of resistance training, little cardio.

it def works, but i eat my whole fridge after

I don't know how you can do HIIT everyday for 5 days a week. Regular Interval Training (not SS) I can, but HIIT? ... @.@ *faint*

I try to do HIIT daily or at least some variable of it depending on my mood and loriklorik it does burn a good many cals and better yet keeps the burn going for hours even after you've stopped

i tried this tonight and I loved it! I feel like i'm getting a much stronger workout and actually can stay on for longer than I normally would b/c it breaks up the monotony

The big question is, is it burning fat?  Or are you just overexerting yourself?

I don't think it's overexertion at all. I thought it was a very good workout. The articles I read on it say that you burn more calories not only during the workout but also for the day or two after the workout. If you want to do it then do it, and if you don't like the workout then don't do it. Everyone has their own workout of choice.

I think this answers some questions about hiit - I had to google it b/c I never heard of it before.

:( cos high impact kills my legs. Banned from running for the next 10 days.

I get the same feeling, ktcort13--its as if I could go on forever, which makes me wonder if I'm doing it correctly, as you're supposed to be exhausted even before 15 mins is up! hmmm........ (I am following the technique outlined in the HIIT article, by the way)

Ravenlark - any cardio is going to burn fat.  I think the "fat burning zone" is a bit deceptive because basically you have to workout a long time at a slow pace to burn a large % of your calories to be fat - however if you work out hard and burn more calories a less % may be "fat" but because you burned more calories more of your burned calories are going to be fat.

So for example you work out for 30 minutes in the "fat burning zone" burned 100 calories = 60% are fat so 60 cals of fat burned

Next you work out 30 minutes in the moderate zone 50% are fat cals you burn 125 cal  so now 62.5 are fat = 2.5 more

Now you work in the hard zone 175 cals are burned 40% fat for 70 fat cals +10 over the "fat burning zone"

Of course these are just examples your cal burn will probably be even greater in the higher zones thereby burning more "fat" in the long run. 

Plus like what has been mentioned before HIIT boosts your whole metabolism for a long "afterburn" so for the hours following your workout your body is still burning cals more efficiently

I do HIIT about 5 minutes after rolling out of bed in the morning. Then it's off to the shower, breakfast, getting dressed, the whole morning routine. When I walk out the door, half an hour after getting off the exercise bike, I'm still sweating! Since its winter, I used to put on a fleece shirt right after I got out of the shower...can't do that after HIIT, body still too hot...so, the burn continues, after the session is over- and that is the blessing of HIIT. That, and increased cardiovascular capacity.

Another thing I like is the short workout time. I used to dread rainy days, since I could not get out for a bike ride...but, a 23 minute workout? No problem.