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Fitness Running 1.5 miles for the Airforce PT Oct 12 2009
14:54 (UTC)		 2

srrussell3 is correct about making sure you set the treadmill at an incline, though I find 1% to be adequate to get you ready to run outside. Working up to 4% from there may be the way to go. Intervals are definitely a huge help as well. Just keep pushing yourself and you'll acclimate just fine. Make sure to rest when your legs tell you to though, to avoid injury.
Fitness The HIIT thread - Post all questions, routines, and experiences here Jun 30 2009
17:36 (UTC)		 124
Original Post by vyperman7:

In all honesty, it seems like you have just been doing regular interval training and not HIIT. The whole point of doing HIIT is to go all out on every single sprint interval. That is why it is much better to do HIIT on a stationary bike because you don't have to worry about changing speeds. It is simply a matter of pedaling as hard as you can for the sprint intervals and then dialing it back for the recovery intervals.

A great way to work up on HIIT is to do 15 minutes of 30/90 intervals(100% effort on the 30's) the first week and then to add a minute to the HIIT porition every week after. So 16 minutes of 30/90, then 17 minutes, etc.. After you get to 20 minutes of 30/90 intervals, start to take time off the recovery intervals until you can do 20 minutes of 30/60's.

Ok, so I gave HITT on the exercise bike today a shot after doing intervals on the treadmill for the last couple weeks. Not quite sure I am doing it right though...I was doing 30s at 100% effort and then 60s at probably 50% effort. My legs were definitely fatiguing during the 30's but my heart rate never got over 150 (according to the bike), I usually see it hover around 165 on the treadmill. I did 17 cycles (25.5 minutes)...with a 5 minute warmup and cooldown.
Fitness Wii Fit Jun 18 2009
13:29 (UTC)		 3
Original Post by yummy_kitty:

Same unit of measurment on each side of the decimal point. Unless otherwise indicated (such as the ' and the " in the phrase 5'3"), always assume it's the same unit of measurement.

Haha, sorry but this was too funny. How would you numerically represent a number higher than .9 without rolling over to 1?  :P

.91?
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