HIIT - High Intensity Interval Training
Takes half the time as usual endurance training but burns 2 to 3 times more calories
What is it?
· Involves short burst of effort 80 to 90 percent of your maximum heart rate
· Followed by short periods of rest
· Usually in 4 to 10 repetitions (ie 50 metre sprints on 1 minute)
· Endurance training is a predictable pace called ’steady state’ cardio where your body adapts to the speed and conserves energy whereas HIIT ( with bursts of all out and varied pace) keeps body from entering a comfort zone
Benefits
· Gains in muscle endurance and exercise performance similar to that of lengthier endurance training
· Increases amount of oxygen to muscles making blood vessels work more efficiently lowering risk of heart attack and stroke
· Produces ‘afterburn effect’ – a metabolic boost that makes the body expend a high number of calories for hours after workout as well as during workout
