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03-28-15, 10:11 AM | ||
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If one method (HIIT) has benefits over steady state, it doesn't negate the benefits steady state can still provide, particularly if an exerciser prefers it and will be more consistent with it, and steady state will never be a waste of time. So the question is: are the added benefits of HIIT worth it to me as an exerciser, given my preferences and goals? Personally, for me, the answer is yes - but everyone has to answer it for themselves.
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03-28-15, 10:55 AM | ||
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In any case I was responding more to other posters who seem to be implying HIIT to just be a fad or marketing gimmick, or that HIIT is inherently more injurious than steady state training. |
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03-28-15, 11:24 AM | |
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I think one of the reasons there is so much down playing of the benefits of steady state is because there are more men leading fitness videos than ever before and let's face it, when it comes to rhythm and choreography for fitness women dominate.
The fitness industry will follow anything that is trendy. Even Cathe is now working off the beat much more than is necessary just to what…work off the beat. I also think that today people like to work crazy hard just to say, "I worked out crazy hard". A lot of the workouts I see being produced today have absolutely no kind of reasoning behind them. They aren't intelligently built (the art of a proper warm up that raises the heart rate and warms the muscles so they are pliable and less likely to get injured and getting the synovial fluid going in the joints is a lost art) workouts don’t build in intensity you just do a 1-2 minute useless warm up (arm circles do nothing to warm up anything but the shoulder joint) or start off at the pace of the workout and call it a warm up. Remember when HiiT was supposed to only be done twice a week for no longer than 20 minutes to avoid injury and to see the benefits of this type of training? Now it's HiiT all day every day. I also love how people who don’t like steady state always refer to it as ‘long, slow and boring’. Really? Try a Cathe step and tell me how slow and boring it is. I also hate that all interval training is HiiT, you don’t have to go anerobic to interval train. And all the new phrases coming out to describe circuit training is really annoying. Circuit training is circuit training regardless of the mode of exercise you use or the length of the rest between sets. Frankly if you take the rests out, you are pretty much doing steady state. I also hate seeing HiiT being advertised as the best way to lose excess fat. Yeah, if you only have about 15lbs to lose, but what about the person that has 115lbs to lose? HiiT is more of a performance based type of training that is being improperly used by many instructors. There is a lot of value in developing rhythm by working on a beat and it takes more control than just throwing your body around.
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03-28-15, 12:06 PM | |
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I am another fan of steady state cardio and a few years ago I lost 10 lbs with long brisk walks and yoga. I live in a beautiful area where scenic walks/hikes abound and there are lovely trails and ocean views right out my front door. I suppose I do get a bit of interval training because we have lots of hills too. So whenever possible I head out and enjoy my surroundings, and otherwise I do rebounding and steady state, moderate paced aerobics Bottom line IMO is do what you enjoy, working out should be fun and it's all good!
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No other method could help my lap swimming at that time. But it didn't make me go off the deep end (psychologically) I accepted that--the constant plateaus—and then moved on ... Something us dance mavens have known all along
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03-28-15, 02:15 PM | |
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Fl
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Steady state works:
My mother lost 40 pounds in 4 years. At 88 years old she walks every day on her treadmill at 1.6 mph. for 30 minutes a day. She gets up, and in her pajamas walks 30 minutes every day.
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