HIIT Heartrate Questions

[rsjagtia]

Hey everybody,

well i tried the first session of HIIT for 20 min and i must say daym i was pooped . Anyway i just wanted confirmation that wat i was doing was correct.

4 min warm up - Heartrate = 150-160

***Interval*****
1 min SPRINT - Heartrate = 185
1 min slow jog - Heartrate = 160
***End Interval*****

Repeat Interval till hit 20 min = Heart rate around the same.

after 20 min -> 2 min cooldown , Heartrate = 150.


Total = 22 Min including 2 min cooldown and 2 min warmup.

Effective = 18 minutes (9 intervals).

Resistance Level = 5/20. After that my legs really start to kill

Total Calories = 331.


Now these are the readings from the cross trainer machine i used. I am 18 years old and a male. So guys i need advice! Thanks alot and i really appreciate it. .

 

[abear]

20 minutes? wow, the most i can do is 15.

i want to get a heartrate monitor for the summer, i've just mainly do hiit by going all out then coming down.

the way you have it set up looks good to me

 

[Shar123]

I did my first one this morning also!! only 20 minutes...and boy was I red faced and sweating even...it was awesome...I felt like I had been on the cross trainer for an hour...

 

[Mogwai]

Use Karvonen formula to calculate your target heart rate (THR). You will need your resting heart rate (RHR) and max heart rate (220-age) (MHR):

MHR-RHR x % + RHR = THR

For interval trainings the % of your low intervals should be ~50-70% and high intervals ~70-100%. Your low intervals should be =to or longer than your high intervals.

Enjoy!

 

[rsjagtia]

Thanks

thanks alot ppl who helped me out. Although frm wht Mogwai just said, 70% of my Net HR = 141. and my peak HR during my bursts is near 180. Within a minutes time, its really hard for the HR to come down taht much. Any tips... if i start going slower then thats not HIGH Intensity anymore. I thought the point was to go @ Full blast during ur sprints and slow down after and repeat. My cycle as said above ranges from 165 - 179/180. Now the readings could be wrong.. i will try the bike today however are those values good? because 165 > (141) .