HIIT Questions

[Zander1983]

I have a great HIIT routine that I perform right outside the front of my house. I'm on a nice hill, so I sprint about 100m up it (from my driveway to the first street corner I come to) and then walk back down. Simply repeat as many times as desired on any given day.

There are so many great things you can try for this type of training. It is not at all restrictive and certainly doesn't have to be bound to a treadmill, stationary cycle or even a track.

 

[Singleton]

Hey,

I have questions too.

I have asthma and when I do a sprint, I have a problem. I can't jog after that. I'm going to keep at it and hope it goes away though.

Any ideas about how do deal with asthma?

i pull my truck or a car in the grass

Ha.

 

[Zander1983]

Singleton:

I too am an asthmatic. It doesn't have to stand in the way of anything.

Do you have ventolin? I take a few puffs before any tough workout, and at any time throughout the workout that I feel I need it.

You need to build up gradually. If you're taking your ventolin properly and you still find certain exercise giving you problems, you're probably going too hard too soon. Build your ability to cope by playing around with the length of your sprints, rest intervals, number of your sprints etc... Go to www.t-mag.com and check out the Running Man article by CT. It has some nice periodized programs for people of various fitness levels.

I find that my asthma is at its worst AFTER I've had a hard workout. This usually only happens after a soccer match, for me. Throughout the match I can manage it well with pre-game, substitution and half-time ventolin puffs. It is afterwards when my airwaves seem to really struggle.

 

[Backlash]

But if I sprint all out for 30, I can't jog, then sprint all out again.. 30 second sprint is about 250-300m.

I find that hard to believe. If you can run 300 meters in 30 secs you should be racing (and beating) Michael Johnson.

 

[JG1]

sorry for the term then

don't be sorry.....

 

[bilat]

I find that hard to believe. If you can run 300 meters in 30 secs you should be racing (and beating) Michael Johnson.

Michael Johnson could run the 200m in 19 seconds.

30 seconds, I get 250-300m. That's not very fast. 200m time is around 22-23.

Still the point is, after sprinting all out--not half ass--it's impossible to recover enough after 30 seconds of jogging to sprint all out again.

I guess the point of it is just to get tired though to burn fat so performance really doesn't matter.

 

[Singleton]

Hey,

I don't have ventolin. I could use ephedra, but I'm actually not using ephedra on those days.

Why would I do this? Why not use ephedra?

Well, I want to " build up gradually" like you said and not use ephedra as a crutch. It will take longer to get cut up this way, but I think it's working.

I did HIIT today and it kicked ass! I did:

light db warmup

followed by
H: overhead db press 55lbs for 1x10 to failure
lateral raise 25lb x 15
front raise 20lb db 1x15
rear delt raise 12lb db 1x12

(20s rest to give a guy a spot )
H: pullover 120lb db 1x15
cable pullover (90lb?) 1x20
rope pushdown triple drop set ~30 reps

H: Overhead bar press 1x~10 failure
overhead tricep ext 45lb plate 1x10
'' 1x~20
cable row 140lb 1x6
'' 100lb 1x6
rowing machine 3:30

ran down 3flights of stairs, to the corner, and walked back
ran back up stairs

I did three heavy sets (denoted by H). The whole workout had a lot of sets and it was very intense overall. I was near max lung capacity for most of it.


I feel great now! I feel like I had greater tolerance than my previos WO, though hard to compare because last time I sprinted and this time I did other stuff. I'll do the sprint/jog/walk + crunches & headstand pushups again next time.

Still the point is, after sprinting all out--not half ass--it's impossible to recover enough after 30 seconds of jogging to sprint all out again.

Agreed. I'm still sore from the 1 sprint just 5 days ago. I ran as fast as I could. I think I'll have to incorporate fast walking into it, if it's not being to much of a pussy to do so.



Does this type of training release more GH than HIT?

 

[Zander1983]

Do you have anything similar to ventolin to help you breath if you need assistance when asthma kicks in? You really should

 

[Singleton]

Nope, just ephedra. Guess I should go buy some.

 

[Zander1983]

Do you take a preventer? Flixotide is my daily preventer.

Here ventolin is a subscription drug. If you're asthmatic you should always have some at arm's length.