HIIT working for me
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ok guys here is a picture after 5 weeks at 235lbs bearing in mind i have been weight training for a year now the purpose of my HIIT is burn the fat around my stomach and chest but the definition in my arms is also starting to show pretty well now more pics will come later in the year
Keep up the good work Mister Gasket....you're obviously doing something right, so stay the course and it'll happen! 
thanks BSL i feel that i am on the right track now, bollox to aerobics, HIIT is showing good results week in week out, HIIT is definatly burning more fat than that poor excuse for fat loss jogging programe i was doing, for me when it comes to excercise i think its breathe heavy or stay heavy.
Ed,
There's an old saying "don't hit that cause you don't know what she might got going on"....No, wait...wrong saying. The saying I'm looking for is "Figure out whatever works for you!"...yeah, that's it.
There's a lot of studies comparing High-Intensity-Interval-Training to Low-Intensity-Steady-State....there are benefits & advantages to each. Personally, I default to two notions:
1) Mix it up
2) Exercise is calories burned
Jogging is a huge calorie-burner, there's no getting around it. Walking may be on the mellow side, but jogging rips it up. The only issue I have with jogging is that I feel there are only 2 kinds of joggers: those who have trashed their knees and those who eventually will trash their knees. Run on grass, buy the best shoes with the latest technology adapted and reverse-engineered from the latest UFO crash...it's still high-impact and I know seemingly hundreds of bikers who were joggers.
In terms of time, HIIT is efficeint, effective & wonderful...but don't mistake it for the only way to burn your calories and get your exercise in. Millions of Americans have lost lots of weight entirely and merely reducing their calories. My observation is that pure caloric restriction does offer impressive weight-scale results quite quickly, but you're losing lean muscle, water and other stuff that's not pure nasty-blobby-white fat. Most my friends on Atkins (who did little or no exercise) look like they were left on an island for a couple months: no strength, endurance or power....just sucked-in chest and gaunt arms.
ANYWAYS...by incorporating exercise into the program you burn more calories and you place a toll on your bodies muscles...telling the body that you still need 'em and not to burn 'em up or shed them as a means of lowering your metabolism. And there also, excerise will stimulate your metabolism and keep that caloric furnace burning strong.
I've been repeatedly told that more then anything it's what you put in your mouth that really makes the difference. Exercise helps and it's great training and super-healthy...but for me it was really REALLY watching the calories and what I ate that helped me dial it in. Even my nutritionist, after having a meal, guessed he ate about 1,100 calories....we later broke it down and realized he had eaten nearly 1,700....there's more calories in food then most people realize.
Dude...there's no rocket science: move more, eat less and eat right and the results are inevitable. Problem is, you can't sell a book based on that...so they come up with magic formulas (The Zone), points (Weight Watchers) and all sorts of diets (blood-type diet). I'm sure some have more relevance then others...but as Wrangell prompts us to understand: calorie deficit is just that. Some bodies lose and develop faster then others, but in the long haul you will achieve AND ARE ACHIEVING what you set out to accomplish.
Who the man? YOU the man!
There's an old saying "don't hit that cause you don't know what she might got going on"....No, wait...wrong saying. The saying I'm looking for is "Figure out whatever works for you!"...yeah, that's it.
There's a lot of studies comparing High-Intensity-Interval-Training to Low-Intensity-Steady-State....there are benefits & advantages to each. Personally, I default to two notions:
1) Mix it up
2) Exercise is calories burned
Jogging is a huge calorie-burner, there's no getting around it. Walking may be on the mellow side, but jogging rips it up. The only issue I have with jogging is that I feel there are only 2 kinds of joggers: those who have trashed their knees and those who eventually will trash their knees. Run on grass, buy the best shoes with the latest technology adapted and reverse-engineered from the latest UFO crash...it's still high-impact and I know seemingly hundreds of bikers who were joggers.
In terms of time, HIIT is efficeint, effective & wonderful...but don't mistake it for the only way to burn your calories and get your exercise in. Millions of Americans have lost lots of weight entirely and merely reducing their calories. My observation is that pure caloric restriction does offer impressive weight-scale results quite quickly, but you're losing lean muscle, water and other stuff that's not pure nasty-blobby-white fat. Most my friends on Atkins (who did little or no exercise) look like they were left on an island for a couple months: no strength, endurance or power....just sucked-in chest and gaunt arms.
ANYWAYS...by incorporating exercise into the program you burn more calories and you place a toll on your bodies muscles...telling the body that you still need 'em and not to burn 'em up or shed them as a means of lowering your metabolism. And there also, excerise will stimulate your metabolism and keep that caloric furnace burning strong.
I've been repeatedly told that more then anything it's what you put in your mouth that really makes the difference. Exercise helps and it's great training and super-healthy...but for me it was really REALLY watching the calories and what I ate that helped me dial it in. Even my nutritionist, after having a meal, guessed he ate about 1,100 calories....we later broke it down and realized he had eaten nearly 1,700....there's more calories in food then most people realize.
Dude...there's no rocket science: move more, eat less and eat right and the results are inevitable. Problem is, you can't sell a book based on that...so they come up with magic formulas (The Zone), points (Weight Watchers) and all sorts of diets (blood-type diet). I'm sure some have more relevance then others...but as Wrangell prompts us to understand: calorie deficit is just that. Some bodies lose and develop faster then others, but in the long haul you will achieve AND ARE ACHIEVING what you set out to accomplish.
Who the man? YOU the man!
HIIT huh? I believed in moderate 45 minute sessions on the elliptical, but I guess I should do HIIT. 4 weeks really? That's enough motivation for me to try HIIT Thanx a lot, really inspirational Ed Gasket.
Thanx a lot, really inspirational Ed Gasket.Thanks BSL It certainly is a good feeling when you can notice a change, i used to get frustrated after a couple of weeks but learned that time is the key, and i've sorta got used to this diet now all i eat now is fish,turkey,beef,chicken,pork shoulder,ham (no added salt),granary bread,mixed seeds,nuts,cottage cheese,egg whites,whey supplements, milk,pasta, veg, sweet potatoes, loadsa fruit, baked potatoes,beans,cereal,and mineral water in no particular order, got the 6 meal a day thing locked now, feels like my body has addapted to this new way of eating and i will start to feel slightly hungry after 2.5 to 3 hours whereas before i'd be stuffed all day on pizzas and food of that sort. Well on the way now cant wait for the moobs to totally vanish, bout another year of hard graft and i should be nearly there. the desire to look like what i've always wanted to look like will be the motivation and i will succeed!!
HIIT huh? I believed in moderate 45 minute sessions on the elliptical, but I guess I should do HIIT. 4 weeks really? That's enough motivation for me to try HIIT
mate i was jogging for ages about 2 yrs on and off admittedley my diet back then wasnt as precise and as consistantly healthy as it is now but for fat loss mad no difference really, i think i wasnt excercising hard enough i'd sweat moderately but consistantly, no where near the soaking i get doing the intervals. i'd be able to step off the runner after 40mins and carry on with normal things with a little recovery time. Now i'm stepping off the runner absolutely fooked, my knees are like jelly, i feel like david hasselhoff after 2 pints of light beer. my heart rate stays high for a while after and at the same time more energetic throughout the rest of the day. my system has never really been exposed to this intensity of excercise, that together with my dramatic change in eating habbits and food has shocked my body into change. The hardest part about changing your lifestyle is adjusting to the change and committing yourself to stay that way, self belief is the key motivate yourself anyway you can because its a hard ride but after the first few weeks you will adapt nicely and go onward and upwards!
Ed,
Two things....
1) Might be an idea to take it easy on the 4-legged meats...beef, pork, etc. I try to keep it to the leaner stuff...fish, turkey, chicken. It's not so much that it's fattening, it's just that saturated fat and all that other stuff in the dark stuff has cholesterol and other things that aren't so wonderful. Moderation, it's all good.
2) Watching results of weight-loss and muscle gain is like trying to watch your hair grow, you just can't see it...I lost over 40-pounds of real fat and hardly noticed any difference in the mirror. I also had several weeks where my body-fat was falling, yet my weight remained the same or even went up. Now that you're eating right and working-out, your body will respond in building/adding lean muscle...and in my case (on the weight scale) the gain of muscle offset the loss of fat...my results on the weight scale left me depressed & devastated.
Give yourself a break...it took years to grow those moobs and it isn't gonna just fall off over night. It's a long gradual process and results, even though they are happening, can be very VERY elusive. I just saw a pic of myself taken a week ago...I can't believe that's me!!!!!!
This is going to be a long process...but you're right: with tenacity, perseverence and steadfast determination you will get there. And here's the great thing: with each passing week it'll become easier and easier. One day you'll pick up that pizza or candy bar and it won't taste quite as incredible as it once did, you won't eat as much of it and it won't bring you the pleasure it used to....and your new idea of "gorging" will be a fractional proportion to what you were used to.
There is no sensation or feeling of gratification that can be derived from food that can compare to the feeling of being fit, healthy and built. You're on the right path.....keep it up and post your results!
Btw...just got back from my nutritionist....over 4 weeks I've lost 5.5 pounds on the scale and I'm down to 12.1% body-fat. YEAAAHHHHHH BBOOOYYYYYYY!!!!!!
Another vote for HIIT. I do it, because I truly enjoy it. Those who here do it probably think I'm full of it.
But personally, I love pushing myself and testing myself physically and mentally. When you sprint, and you feel like you're going to die, 5 seconds is an eternity, and it feels SO good when you stop. The legs are like jelly, you feel like puking, and you're lightheaded as can be, but the runners high is there like never before.
After an HIIT session, I feel energized, and my muscles feel alive and relaxed the rest of the day. I can definitely feel the difference 3 hours later.
So if you're thinking about doing it, go for it! It takes a while to get used to, but its worth it.
But personally, I love pushing myself and testing myself physically and mentally. When you sprint, and you feel like you're going to die, 5 seconds is an eternity, and it feels SO good when you stop. The legs are like jelly, you feel like puking, and you're lightheaded as can be, but the runners high is there like never before.
After an HIIT session, I feel energized, and my muscles feel alive and relaxed the rest of the day. I can definitely feel the difference 3 hours later.
So if you're thinking about doing it, go for it! It takes a while to get used to, but its worth it.
you hit the nail on the head code monkey those are exactly my views aswel!
Add another supporter for HIIT. The Men's Health Belly Off program I started with utilizes interval training for fat loss and it works. Another benefit is it's a great way to improve your overall speed.
I started off with a run speed of 6.5 MPH back in January and it killed. I'm now up to 10.5 MPH, getting ready to jack it up to 11 next week. For fun, one day I tried to do a 10 minute mile because that sounded like a good run to me. I jumped on the treadmill, did my 3 minute warm up and set it for a 10 min. mile pace of 6 MPH. That run was so easy, I barely broke a sweat.
I'm training for the Navy SEALs Fitness Challenge in May and the final test is to run the mile and a half in 12 minutes or less. Interval training has been a great method to help improve my speed so I'll be able to hit that target with no problems.
I started off with a run speed of 6.5 MPH back in January and it killed. I'm now up to 10.5 MPH, getting ready to jack it up to 11 next week. For fun, one day I tried to do a 10 minute mile because that sounded like a good run to me. I jumped on the treadmill, did my 3 minute warm up and set it for a 10 min. mile pace of 6 MPH. That run was so easy, I barely broke a sweat.
I'm training for the Navy SEALs Fitness Challenge in May and the final test is to run the mile and a half in 12 minutes or less. Interval training has been a great method to help improve my speed so I'll be able to hit that target with no problems.