I have one question? Do I NEED to get down to 60% of my maximum heart rate, or can i just go down to 65% or 70%?
My maximum heart rate is roughly 200 beats per second considering my age of 17.
I think the elliptical trainer is inaccurate in posting my heartrate, but that's only my opinion. (It's one that has two sensor grips on both sides [at the gym] that also act as bars for you to move your arms simultaneously with your legs)
Anyhow, it takes me about 2-3 minutes to get to 180 bps heartrate, then even slowing down to barely walking at like 35 rpms my heart is still beating at about 140 bps according to the machine.
I mean, if I waited for maybe...5 minutes I could get it down to 120 bps, but I don't see the use of that. Is it really necessary to get down to 60%, or can I just go down to a slightly lower percentage?
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Thread: HIIT--SERIOUS question
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04-24-2004, 06:52 PM #1Registered User
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HIIT--SERIOUS question
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04-25-2004, 05:38 AM #2Registered User
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Anything?
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04-25-2004, 08:32 AM #3there are no shortcuts
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The idea of HIIT is to jack up your HR and then let it go back down before it gets jacked up again. This is why it benefits your metabolism so much. YOu should let it go down far enough so that you can do another fully intense 15-25 seconds of sprints.
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04-25-2004, 08:38 AM #4-={I Lift Because I Can}=
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What would you say your overall cardiovascular fitness level is? That has huge relevance on how your heart rate changes over periods of time during exercise.
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04-25-2004, 09:00 AM #5Registered User
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Sword chucks I guess I understand that, but you didn't really say anything specific.
I would say I'm moderately active.
I do a four day split of:
--Back
--Chest/ABS/Calves
--Arms, Deltoids
--Legs/Calves/Hip Flexor
However, I sometimes can't get to the gym because of stuff like work, school (OCCASSIONALLY), not enough time between the activities, etc.
Most of the time I manage to go to the gym before work though.
I don't seem to be losing ANY fat, although I have increased my strength by at least 25% overall. (Like 205 straight leg deadlift, about the same for bent leg, etc)
I'm even trying to go in the morning now. On Friday I went right before school, ran about 16 minutes of HIIT.
I basically do like 10-12 sets per muscle group on days I'm not running or like 6-8 hours before or after HIIT.
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