what exactly IS HIIT
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High Intensity Interval Training. Can be done on a treadmill or track or any cardio machine really. AT the track::: warm up for 5 minutes, normal walk, then sprint as fast as you can for about 20 seconds, walk or jog for 40 seconds, do this about 8 times, then cool down, normal walk for 5 minutes. Another way, is warm up one lap, sprint the straights, walk or jog the curves, Do this about 8 sprints, cool down one lap. Hope this helps. You can do it very many different ways. The idea is too change it up every few minutes high, then low. Confuses your metabolism. I love it!!!!
High Intensity Interval Training. Can be done on a treadmill or track or any cardio machine really. AT the track::: warm up for 5 minutes, normal walk, then sprint as fast as you can for about 20 seconds, walk or jog for 40 seconds, do this about 8 times, then cool down, normal walk for 5 minutes. Another way, is warm up one lap, sprint the straights, walk or jog the curves, Do this about 8 sprints, cool down one lap. Hope this helps. You can do it very many different ways. The idea is too change it up every few minutes high, then low. Confuses your metabolism. I love it!!!!
HIIT = High Intensity Interval Training
Short name: intervals
Basically consists of alternating intervals of rest and high intensity activity. The idea behind it is to activiate particular energy-utilizing systems in the body. Ideally, this system of training allows you to burn as much fat (if that's your goal) in 1/3rd the time per workout of other systems.
The intervals for activating the fat burning energy system your body is 1:1 - so if you do 20 seconds of easy activity, you do 20 seconds of hard activity (or if you do 1 minute of easy activity, you do one minute of hard activity, and so forth).
Doing at higher ratios (e.g., 1:2, 1:4, 1:6) results in varying combinations of energy systems.
Short name: intervals
Basically consists of alternating intervals of rest and high intensity activity. The idea behind it is to activiate particular energy-utilizing systems in the body. Ideally, this system of training allows you to burn as much fat (if that's your goal) in 1/3rd the time per workout of other systems.
The intervals for activating the fat burning energy system your body is 1:1 - so if you do 20 seconds of easy activity, you do 20 seconds of hard activity (or if you do 1 minute of easy activity, you do one minute of hard activity, and so forth).
Doing at higher ratios (e.g., 1:2, 1:4, 1:6) results in varying combinations of energy systems.
30 minutes is plenty for a HIIT workout. I do 5 minute warmup, 10 intervals at a minute each (20 minutes total) and 5 minutes cooldown with some stretching afterwards. The stretching afterwards really helps flexibility (and increased my kick height. I can kick someone in the nose if I need to 
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)I normally run for 30 mins at 7.5 mph steadiy. Looking at Fil's post I am considering oscillating 1:1 between 5mph and 10 mph with periods 2 mins. Does it sound like a good idea?
I burn around 400 calories normally and would like to keep at that but I would like to avoid burning muscle mass.
I burn around 400 calories normally and would like to keep at that but I would like to avoid burning muscle mass.
You guys mention that HIIT is a good strategy for burning off fat. But is it a good strategy for building stamina? and more accurately, is it a better strategy than simply keeping one's heart rate up in the 60%-80% range for the same amount of time as you would be doing an HIIT routine?