You can achieve HIIT without actually doing cardio

[ElayneTrakand]

It's been almost 3 hours since I finished my gym session and my muscles are still begging for oxygen. All I did was 12 reps of each set, full body workout, and 1.5 mins between each set. I'm not like obese or anything and I do cardio regularly, but this workout kicked my butt.

[rainieravesouth]

it's a workout, but it's not HIIT.

[ElayneTrakand]

Raising your heart rate for a short period of time, lowering it for a short period of time, and then repeating. Yeah, doesn't sound like hiit at all.

[NedoCTB]

I barely do any cardio besides walking. Weight lifting feels like cardio to me... gets my heart beating more than when I jog on a tread mill or outside. I usually start getting winded @15 minutes into my jog, but I keep going. I'm usually dieing for oxygen within 8 minutes if I super set during weights. Some swear by cardio, some hardly do any.

Just do whatever you're comfortable with if you don't plan on competing. I personally enjoy pounding weights, whereas running/jogging makes me bored. I roller blade, walk my dog and bike for cardio. >.>

[fishscale4sale]

HIIT = HIGH intensity interval training, therefore your hearts BPM is very high, around 90%. Your workout raised/lowered your heartrate, you're right, but not to 90%.

[rsm688]

thats still a workout, not HIIT. you may feel like it had the same effects but its not. Im not saying its not a good workout or wont work to burn fat but it is not HIIT, You just got a good workout.