HIIT & Speed Training

[ewong11692]

I've been doing a lot of HIIT to lose shed some weight like about 5 pounds for football. Less fat=less to carry while running=FASTER. Thing is, i'm starting football soon and I want to concentrate a lot on my speed.

I know that HIIT is supposed to help you in conditioning, and acceleration, but it probably doesn't make you as fast if you were to do specific speed training exercises like sprints, shuttle runs, and cones.

At the same, I still want to shed some weight, but specific speed training wouldn't work as well as HIIT in losing weight.

What should I do, stick to the HIIT, or switch to the speed training?

[saizen]

I've been doing a lot of HIIT to lose shed some weight like about 5 pounds for football. Less fat=less to carry while running=FASTER. Thing is, i'm starting football soon and I want to concentrate a lot on my speed.

I know that HIIT is supposed to help you in conditioning, and acceleration, but it probably doesn't make you as fast if you were to do specific speed training exercises like sprints, shuttle runs, and cones.

At the same, I still want to shed some weight, but specific speed training wouldn't work as well as HIIT in losing weight.

What should I do, stick to the HIIT, or switch to the speed training?

Well I'm a HIIT fanatic so I'd say stick with the HIIT, specially since you want to burn some fat as well. HIIT definately will help your endurance, which you will definately need for football. The conditioning exercises you do during practice are a form of HIIT are they not? So i think doing HIIT will do nothing but good for you. More so than speed training.

[watchandsee23]

Speed training. HIIT is bad news lead to injuries.

[ewong11692]

Speed training. HIIT is bad news lead to injuries.

How?

[matthor]

mix in both. You could even do it in the same session. Some speed drills, then some HIIT

[farzamk]

Do speed alone, and do extensive tempo for fat loss and conditioning, stay away from HIIT.

[fbdt99]

Well I'm a HIIT fanatic so I'd say stick with the HIIT, specially since you want to burn some fat as well. HIIT definately will help your endurance, which you will definately need for football. The conditioning exercises you do during practice are a form of HIIT are they not? So i think doing HIIT will do nothing but good for you. More so than speed training.

HIIT is not needed. very little endurance is needed for football. about 5-10 seconds per play 20-30 seconds of rest(huddle) 3-1 ratio of rest to work

[ewong11692]

Do speed alone, and do extensive tempo for fat loss and conditioning, stay away from HIIT.

So run longer sprints like 60m-100m with less rest?

[farzamk]

So run longer sprints like 60m-100m with less rest?

Read this thread, my first post.

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=6750741

Also you dont get faster that way, speed work is 2-8 seconds of max effort and max speed with full recovery inbetween runs.

[crppleman51]

I've been doing a lot of HIIT to lose shed some weight like about 5 pounds for football. Less fat=less to carry while running=FASTER. Thing is, i'm starting football soon and I want to concentrate a lot on my speed.

I know that HIIT is supposed to help you in conditioning, and acceleration, but it probably doesn't make you as fast if you were to do specific speed training exercises like sprints, shuttle runs, and cones.

At the same, I still want to shed some weight, but specific speed training wouldn't work as well as HIIT in losing weight.

What should I do, stick to the HIIT, or switch to the speed training?

sprint training imo works better look at pro football players ... i seriously doubt they run intervals

[Ben76]

speed training. I only do conditioning type exercises a few weeks before season , the rest of the off-season should be to add strength and speed.

[farzamk]

for the people saying HIIT is bad. i just wanna know why its bad and what can i do to replace it.

max effort running while not at full recovery.

speed work to replace + tempo.

[watchandsee23]

I've always heard its bad. Then I read on the Charlie Francis boards about HIIT. then I read a debate about it on T-Nation.com about how penn state, michigan and michigan and other football teams used it and they were tops in the nations in pulled hammys, broken leg bones, sprained ankles, and other leg injuries.