Am I HIITing myself correctly?

phrozenflame

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Hey,

HIIT looks like a really good excercise to me,

I could not goto gym because I was out of the city for internships and during that time, It wasreally tiring, from morning 8 till evening 8, was dead tired to do anything after that, anyway, I call my HIIT, Static HIIT, because I do it in my room, techically it seems to be correct but it is not wearing me out like it used to long ago.

My work out:
~ 1 min streches
~ 4-5 mins cardio, jumps, etc
~ 1 min static running, you know where you stay at one location but act like you're running, I dont know how to explain it, but I hope you guys get the idea
~10-15 seconds of intense same static running but superfast, as fast my legs and arms can move
~1-1:15mins cool down, static running, bit of walk around the room
~ Again, super-fast static running.

When I first started, I experimented this few months ago, I was quite inactive physically that time, I felt bit of pain in my chest and almost vommited after doing just 1 or 2 sets...

then in between, I started playing squash..I played for about 2-3 weeks and used to do cardio etc...

anyway I have re-started and I can do 4 sets, I do feel dead tired and just fall on my sofa but I dont feel "AS" exhausted as I used to or close to vomitting, infact after cool down, I feel all energetic and hyper...

Am I not pushing myself too hard or is it fine as my body gets physically more fit

TY
 
I can't comment on your routine but you should stretch after your warm-up. You can injure yourself stretching on cold muscles.

So I've been told.
 
I'm A newby here, I've been using HIIT as part of my cardio now for a month. From what I've read you can do hiit cycles starting anywhere for 1:9 (hi:lo intensity ratio) down to 1:2, depending on your endurance level.

The key is to get your heart up to 90% of your MHR duirng the Hi-intensity portion, and allow it to reduce to about 60- 70% in the lo or recovery portion.

Mike D
 
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