HIIT questions...

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francisco3688

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Hi everyone, well I have a question about HIIT.

This is my routine:

5 minute warm up
-30 sec high intensity
-60 sec recovery
Repeat 10 times
5 minute cool down (only stretching)

Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

These past few weeks I have seen results, but today was kind of weird for me. After my HIIT I didn't feel light headed or tired...I actually felt like I was full of energy. 30 minutes later my legs got a little soar. Was I actually doing HIIT correctly today? I did reach my goal maximum heart of 90% during my 30 second high intensity like always, and was sweating the same, but I just didn't have the "symptoms" after my HIIT.

Thank you guys.
 
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Chillen said:
I posted these some time back, reference HIIT, read up:



Best regards,

Chillen
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Thank you for the information. So basically monitoring heart rate is away of performing HIIT....As long as I hit my maximum heart rate during the 30 second interval, then I'm performing HIIT. There was a lot of information in both the article and your post.
 
Hmm..maybe this is a good place to pose this question..Good info in that other thread, Chillen. I've been wondering how I should split my routine up. So far it looks like this:

Mon AM: lift upper

Wed AM: lift lower

Friday AM: lift upper

I want to add two HIIT and two low intensity aerobic sessions in per week, trying to figure out the ideal timing. High intensity T and Th, or Wed. and Sat? or PM of the nights I do upper? I'm trying to cut so I've been eating at a deficit and I don't want to overdo it. Energy wise I feel fine, but I don't want to eat away at any muscle and I want to get optimal results from my workouts. Any ideas?
 
Hey Jimmy, I'm no expert as I've only been living healthy for about 2 months now. :newbie: I do have suggestions, so see if they make sense and maybe someone else will pipe up if I'm off base at all here.

I would suggest changing your routine slightly to balance out your upper and lower lifting. Since you seem to be an AM workout kinda guy, maybe try this:

Mon: AM upper
Tue: AM HIIT
Wed: AM lower
Thu: AM cardio
Fri: AM upper
Sat: AM HIIT

Mon: AM lower
Tue: AM cardio
Wed: AM cardio and afternoon or early evening upper
Thu: AM HIIT
Fri: AM lower
Sat: HIIT

You can do your cardio on an empty stomach first thing in the morning since you are cutting, but you should definitely eat something a bit previous to doing your HIIT. :eating: That said, there is nothing wrong with doing your cardio immediately following your weight lifting, but you should eat a meal and give it a bit of time to start digesting before doing this combo routine as well.

I avoided specifying AM for the second week's final HIIT session, as it follows a lower lifting day. You may need a bit of time to get 'warmed up' to doing an HIIT session that day. :action8:

Of course, this all depends upon your choice of activities to use for your HIIT sessions. If you are rowing, which I can't even imagine at this point for HIIT, then you're on your own. :rolleyes:

Good luck with this! I wish I was an AM kinda guy, but I begrudgingly leave for work around 5 AM most mornings and couldn't possibly get my workouts in before that. :sleeping:
 
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