HIIT training?

[BenchBoss]

I really want to start doing HIIT training. But I'm not sure where to place it into my workout. pre or post workout? Upper body or lower body days... everyday? Maybe just on rest days?

If you do HIIT training, when and how do you incorporated it into your workout, and what are some exercises you do when preforming HIIT training?

Thanks for any help!

 

[BenchBoss]

Nobody does HIIT training on here?

 

[MrCalifornia]

define hiit training...high intensity training. u got 1 "I" too much? read some Mike Mentzer books--the father of high-intensity. if ur attention span is up to it..unfortunately not many lifters like to read books or long discussion threads no matter how interesting or how informative.

i would save h.i.i.t. training at the end after all the easy stuff is done or else u won't want to do anything else but go home tired.

have someone do 90 percent of the work (like a workout buddy). for example while you're doing a bench press--and have hit negative failure, let ur workout bud just lift the bar and do all the work for 3-4 sets, and all u do is just bring the bar down...you will be doing only the negative failure repetition portion (IN REAL SLOW FORM) of the exercise for 3-4 sets, but ur chest will grow BIG TIME.

anyone remember Cybergenetics back in the late 80's early 1990s? that was supposed to be the bomb back then. it talked about the power of negative rep only exercises too.

for ME, (being a loner with busy friends (goin to school and work) and also geeky friends) im searchin for a workout bud, unfortunately i might have to post some thing like that on craigslist for a local workout buddy. I might even have to pay this dude $20 an hour just to spot me and do positive reps while i do slow negative reps.

 

[oxymoron]

Do your interval training after weights. I've been opting for the stationary bike, standing and cranking it out at full resistance then basically set to zero. That seems to work best because running sprints and the elliptical is hard when my arms are jelly from lifting. But yes, always after, you are trying to deplete the remaining glycogen stores in your muscles. During weights you'll use most of it dependent on intensity, length of session, etc. and when you get to your hiit then you'll burn the rest of stored glycogen and go right into fat stores.

I'll do hiit on upper body days 2 to 3 days a week except on leg day and the day after leg day. start off 1 or maybe 2 days a week and after your conditioning gets up there add a day because if you're doing right it should wipe your ass out. 3 days a week should be plenty.
good luck man.

 

[BenchBoss]

Alright cool, 'preciated the help!