Comments on: HIIT – The "Aerobic" Version…or Part 6 of the "Why Can't I Lose This Fat" Saga

By: HIIT Workouts – Vol. 1 – vertical jump training « Healthhabits

HIIT Workouts – Vol. 1 – vertical jump training « Healthhabits — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:01:52 +0000

[...] for me, HIIT is an effective tool for both [...]

By: PLANNING IS FUN! « Supersized

PLANNING IS FUN! « Supersized — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:48:11 +0000

[...] out. I can also feel how much is taken out of my body after that work out. So much so that doing a HIIT workout seems dreadful [...]

By: Past the Pain « Supersized

Past the Pain « Supersized — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:48:11 +0000

[...] began with the New Rules of Lifting for Women weights work out and finished with Health Habits aerobic HIIT work out and then anaerobic [...]

By: I hurt, oh how I hurt! « Supersized

I hurt, oh how I hurt! « Supersized — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:59:15 +0000

[...] decided to start with Health Habits HIIT aerobic, followed by his HIIT anaerobic, and then following it up with workout 1 from [...]

By: Travelin’ Local » Wordless Wednesday Walkers - 11 Miles and Counting

Travelin’ Local » Wordless Wednesday Walkers - 11 Miles and Counting — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:26:40 +0000

[...] week, I tried HIIT for the first [...]

By: MizFit

MizFit — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:43:23 +0000

LOVE THE HIIT.
loathe the HIIT

By: DR

DR — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:13:14 +0000

Correct – you move to 2 workouts per week at week #7.

After the 11 weeks, you can change any of those variables.

Changing the length of the sprint or the number of sprints per workout will both improve your anaerobic endurance.

Adding a third workout will force your nervous system to adapt quicker due to the reduced time between workouts.

For most people, the difference between these 3 variables is negligible. Do whatever feels ‘better’ to you and/or works better with your schedule.

You can also increase the resistance of the exercise – higher resistance on the cardio machine or steeper hill…

Hope this helps…thanks for visiting and commenting

I am in the midst of putting together an e-book on this training. I will format the pdf so that you could get it spiral bound and use it as a workout journal.

By: Sassy

Sassy — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:20:22 +0000

Hi! Just stumbled across your blog this morning and have been looking for a quick but good workout to do on my eliptical in the mornings before work, so this is great! Just a quick question (or 2. or 3) – on the sample sheet, at week seven it progresses to 7-1 & 7-2, I am assuming this means 2 workouts per week, correct? And then this leads to the next question of after 11 weeks, would you increase the number of times you did it per week, the length of the sprints, or the length of the actual workouts? Or all three? I was looking at the volume and intensity progression tables and wasn’t sure which you should switch up first. Thanks! And I’ll definitely being checking your blog again in the future.

By: James Hubbard, M.D., M.P.H.

James Hubbard, M.D., M.P.H. — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:49:37 +0000

Good training, but always warm up well first or you are very likely to pull/tear muscle.

By: DR

DR — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:20:03 +0000

What exercise were you planning on using? elliptical is the easiest for HIIT

I would set the incline as high as you can handle but leave the resistance very low

Start with 50 sec at this setting…5-10 seconds before you are going to sprint, start building up your speed.

1-2 seconds before the sprint is to start, quickly increase the resistance as high as you can handle.

The speed you have built at the low resistance will allow you to handle the higher resistance.

After 10 seconds of sprinting, reduce the intensity all the way back down. Recover your energy and do it again