Comments on: HIIT Training: Lose Weight Like Magic

By: Kat

Kat — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:39:03 +0000

Thanks Spider, nice of you to comment!

By: spider

spider — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:00:13 +0000

hey there just been searching around the net for all things intervals and found your site. Its cool, and i love your HIIT article, totally agree with you and I keep saying myself more is not better, better is better.

Love seeing articles like this. Glad I found your site.

spider

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By: Kat

Kat — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 11:26:50 +0000

Either, so long a you vary it!

By: alanna

alanna — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:42:43 +0000

hey:) i think the idea of interval training is awesome. i m just wonderin if your referring to running or biking? i ve been trying it with a stationary exercise bike, but lately i ve been wondering if i could do the same with a treadmill. which is better?
-alanna

By: Kat

Kat — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:00:24 +0000

Alphonse, that is one of the WORST myths of the fitness industry. Being a personal trainer does not mean anything these days considering the course takes just a couple of weeks. Certification is no assurance of quality! Lifting light weights for high reps will NEVER help you burn fat on an ongoing basis.

By: Alphonse Breakfield

Alphonse Breakfield — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:47:06 +0000

You should increase when it becomes easier. If at 8 reps you aren’t feeling anything than you should bump it up. I personally think you should increase the number of reps you do and not the amount of weight. I spoke with a personal trainer about this and he said since I’m a girl and didn’t want to add bulk than increasing rep amount and not weight would help to tone rather than build.

By: George Diakos

George Diakos — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:27:17 +0000

Chunky Fat Aerobic Instructor Syndrome?

So true! That is such a common sight these days…and very funny. I come from the school of thought that I will only learn something from someone who is getting the results that I want. I am shocked when people are taking classes from someone in worse shape than them.

HIIT works extremely well. This is easy to see by simply comparing a typical spin instructor vs a typical aerobic instructor. I actually like doing HIIT best on a Stepmill. There is a reason those machines are always available.

You make a convincing argument for HIIT. Good stuff.

-George D

By: Kat

Kat — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 23:57:41 +0000

Thanks Dave, that’s great to hear. I love how there are so many different ways to do HIIT – and they all work!

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:07:55 +0000

Kat,
Great post on HIIT. I’m a huge fan of this approach. I generally like to vary my routine a bit, but I like to do a 15 second sprint, 45 second jog for 8 minutes, then do 15-20 minutes of steady state cardio and then do 1 minute of fast jogging with 1 minute of slow jogging. It’s really helped me lose a lot of fat.
Dave