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Anonymous
I'm thinking about starting doing some HIIT...
I've read about it, but I'm still rather confused about how often you should do it...
Is it the everyday sort of thing, or 3 times a week?
>> Anonymous
I was under the impression 2-3 times a week is sufficient. I don't know for sure though.
>> ­­­­
WAT. I do it every day. amidoinitwrong?
>> Anonymous
Can someone post what a HIIT workout would look like?
>> Anonymous
You're most certainly doing it wrong. In addition, you're also doinitwrong.
>> Anonymous
>>152876

Mon/Wed/Fri: Weights
Tues/Thurs/Sat: HIIT
Sunday: Rest

/thread
>> Anonymous
>>152879
The lifting that you do, would it be heavy lifting, or endurance lifting. (Ex- More reps, less weight)?
>> Weed and Exercise
>>152876
Heres what I do. It worked for me.

2:30 Warm up jog (Medium pace)
1:30 Rest (Walking)
30 Seconds Jog
30 Seconds Sprint
(repeat 5 times)
4 Minutes of rest (walking)
30 Seconds Jog
30 Seconds Sprint
(repeat 5 times)
2:30 Warm down jog
>> Anonymous
>>152922

Doesn't matter; the two are unrelated.

However, a starting program would start out at 4 minutes with 30 second intervals. This would occur 3 non-consecutive days a week. Each 4th day (read: beginning of each week) add 2 intervals; one sprint and one rest. Do this until you are at 15 minutes and then stay there.

You'll obviously want to warm up a bit before each workout. Also, some may say that longer intervals are better, but the premise behind HIIT is oxygen debt, which is achieved through anaerobically high intensity; that is to say, running as hard as you can. You can maintain a much higher intensity in 30 second bursts than you can in one minute bursts, so it is naturally better at building up an oxygen debt. You are welcome to try shorter intervals if you want, in fact. But you should be able to exert pretty close to maximal sprinting effort for 30 seconds, so anything shorter is generally considered gratuitous.