HIIT: Is there a shortcut to exercise?

[cd365]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37249021

I found this quite interesting on the BBC website. I have done quite a lot of spinning classes down the gym recently and have found that whilst out on my bike it has probably given me about 3 months of bike "fit" in about 3 weeks.

The bit I found really interesting though was using a hand grip caused a large drop in systolic blood pressure!

 

[srw]

The sample sizes were tiny, and the BP result could easily have been a statistical anomaly.

It's a reasonably interesting programme, but I always cringe when they claim to have proved something.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

My shortcut involves taking no exercise at all. According to many articles I've read in the Daily Mail, exercise is bad for you. So it's an afternoon on the sofa for me - live long and prosper

Wot? No Donuts?

 

[Sharky]

What a good theory. I am surprised it has not been tried before.

 

[Starchivore]

Also they are talking about the short term. Quite possibly the group that did the longer steadier exercise might have caught up and overtaken the others after a year or so.

 

[jonny jeez]

I enjoyed the documentary, interesting to see a follow up.

 

[jonny jeez]

Also they are talking about the short term. Quite possibly the group that did the longer steadier exercise might have caught up and overtaken the others after a year or so.

can you not maintain Hiit for the long term, I assume you can?

 

[cyberknight]

The book time crunched cyclist likes HIIT , the upshot was your good for a few hours but you still need to get the base miles in if you plan to do longer rides .If i remember correctly ..........

 

[Tin Pot]

Short cuts to getting fit:

1. Your pajamas are your run kit, your slippers are your trainers
Wake up, start running. Saves 30min+

2. Stop driving every/anywhere
Run, walk or bike everywhere. Saves months of training.

3. Your limit is two pints
Meet up, socialise and fark off before you get shitfaced. Saves months trying to lose weight and untold hassle.

4. Curfew is nine and your bed time is ten o'clock
Shut up and go to bed. Saves wasted training that you can't recover from.

 

[Starchivore]

can you not maintain Hiit for the long term, I assume you can?

I just wonder if, if the study was extended to a year, the Hiit benefits might level off earlier and the steadier groups eventually catch up to the same level or even overtake.

I think Hiit is good, I'm just of the same opinion as srw that the beeb are making a lot out of a very small and brief study.

 

[jonny jeez]

I just wonder if, if the study was extended to a year, the Hiit benefits might level off earlier and the steadier groups eventually catch up to the same level or even overtake.

I think Hiit is good, I'm just of the same opinion as srw that the beeb are making a lot out of a very small and brief study.

Ah, I see. I thought Id missed something about it not being a sustainable or lifestyle thing

 

[jefmcg]

The sample sizes were tiny

No control either. It's interesting, but proves literally nothing.

The 15 minutes a week is a bit of a lie, too. You have to count the rest as part of the exercise, so it's more like 35 minutes a week.

Though I have learnt something new from it:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT-9L3CEcmk

 

[Hill Wimp]

No control either. It's interesting, but proves literally nothing.

The 15 minutes a week is a bit of a lie, too. You have to count the rest as part of the exercise, so it's more like 35 minutes a week.

Though I have learnt something new from it:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT-9L3CEcmk

I hate that exercise along with burpees.
We had to do loads of them in basic training and i never got the point of them.
I would have rather run a marathon than done those continually for the 14 weeks.

 

[phil_hg_uk]

My shortcut involves taking no exercise at all. According to many articles I've read in the Daily Mail, exercise is bad for you. So it's an afternoon on the sofa for me - nap long and prosper

FTFY

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Some fairly reputable studies have demonstrated that HIIT works... for specific types of fitness. The average person CANNOT, for instance, HIIT themself off the couch to running a marathon or riding 200km, say, but HIIT can make you run one, or ride that distance, faster.