Who's doing HIIT?

[ireekofawesomeness]

bump for nikolais question

 

[Actor]

Ok, please explain to me the value of not eating something before doing HIIT if your goal is not fat loss during the time your doing it, but rather an elevated metabolic rate 12 hours after?

Wouldn't it be muscle sparing to eat protein before? And in that case, some carbs too so you have the energy?

I am starting to see the value in moderate intensity with no food ingested before.

Sprinting can be compared to a workout with weights, so eat protein and carbs before and after the session for maximum anabolism and control your calories at other times if wishing to loose weight. Sprinters eat this way and they are lean.

 

[nikolai_bolkov]

Doing HIIT in the morning is most beneficial. Do not eat prior to because it is not beneficial. You are not burning fat during the workout no matter what someone tells you. It takes longer than 20 minutes of exercise to burn fat. What HIIT does is spike the BMR for the next 12 hours. Ingest proper nutrients throughout the day and reek the advantages. Try the ECA stake if o.k. with your body. Take it every 2.5 hours starting at 6am so you will be finshed by the afternoon so it will not inerupt uour sleep.

jw, cscs

ok this just doesn't make any sense, I'm sorry

1. if your not burning fat why exercise on an empty stomach? that would most likely lead to muscle loss
2. an ECA stack every 2.5 hours sounds like overkill, I would think three daily doses at the most during the day

 

[variation]

first, a low intensity, 5 min warmup is not a bad idea

then HIIT

how much muscle do you think you're going to loose in 20 minutes? Not much and for the first few minutes you'll be burning up lingering glucose/glycogen, depends on your cut off time for carbs, if you ate any.

a 20 min cooldown can be used to burn additional fat, then you want to eat some fat and protein,

You know insulin inhibits lipolysis!, so not a good idea if fat loss is the game, why not save the carbohydrates for before / after weights or sports, but really this all depends on how active you are throughout the day.

 

[wtlftr]

I agree with no more than 3 - 4 eca stacks a day. That is why you start early in the day.

 

[JKurz1]

hey - eat before....no difference

 

[SoreArms]

Tastes greatLess filling

Greta info, I see the points to both phillosophies. Big part of the goal is to burn fat, so doing HIIT on an empty stomach has its benefits. On the other side, gaining/retaining muscle is also part of the plan, so eating prot + carbs before would also be benifitial.

So now, which one to choose?

 

[faller]

I go with eating, just because it is SO hard for me to add muscle that I don't want to lose a drop. PLUS the more muscle you have, the more fat you burn 24/7. A side note that I don't eat RIGHT before, as I would probably puke.

 

[variation]

also the time between the intervals should burn a greater proportion of fat, and the time after if you do a cool down, and at this point your glycogen/blood glucose will be quite low after my session today it was, I felt like I was on drugs

and like I said insulin inhibits lipolysis.

 

[variation]

another note, I haven't had a problem with muscle loss.

on another side note, I'm also "enhanced"