Does this qualify as HIIT?

Chaghatai · 09-05-2007, 08:35 PM

I have been re-tooling my program for fat loss and today I ended up doing 25 thai kicks as fast as I could do them with reasonable power - rest 30 seconds, 25Xkicks other leg for a total of 6 sets or 250 kicks. Does that qualify as HIIT? I'm thinking of adding a warm-up set of 10 kicks and pair of 50 kick sets in somewhere. Also was thinking of finishing with 6X30 knees. Can't be bad for sure, but is this HITTly goodness or am I doing something else?

Thanks for any help

**Fozzy** · 09-05-2007, 08:39 PM

uh, it might but its not going to give you the same burnout as say sprinting, because if you're kicking right your legs will be giving out real quick on that.

~Foz

armyfighter · 09-05-2007, 09:11 PM

I think that your routine would fall more under muscle endurance than HIIT. Sprinting and kicks just are just not the same workout.

Chaghatai · 09-05-2007, 09:20 PM

Thanks for the reply - yeah they do - after those 6 sets it was hard to maintain form with my right leg so I stopped - that's why I was thinking of adding knees. I guess I had better keep the sprints though.

Ogun · 09-06-2007, 12:04 AM

If during the kicking phase your heart rate got to 90%+ of your max and stayed there most of the time, then it was HIIT. If not, then it wasn't. HIIT is characterized by a high heart rate during the work periods. For myself, if I did what you did, my muscle soreness would start holding my heart rate back. If you've got serious muscular endurance, then that could've been HIIT for you. Sounds like a great workout regardless!

Prodigal Son · 09-06-2007, 12:11 AM

Yes, that will work. I think it would be best against a heavy bag, you can experience oxygen debt, increased heart rate, and muscular endurance/fatigue while doing fast-explosive high kicks, it is not like they are mutually exclusive, you are battling them all for combat conditioning.

maddwraph · 09-06-2007, 07:46 PM

I personally sprint the long side of the track and walk on the curve. I do this for like 30 minutes, would this be considered sufficent enough?

Ian Coe · 09-07-2007, 04:56 AM

try a pyramid with kicks as well

1-10 and back down. One leg then the other. Not really HIIT, but good for muscular endurance and attempting to get power in 4 downwards is tough as shit

stewy37 · 09-07-2007, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Ian Coe

try a pyramid with kicks as well

1-10 and back down. One leg then the other. Not really HIIT, but good for muscular endurance and attempting to get power in 4 downwards is tough as shit

That sounds like a really good idea. Any way to develope expolsiveness when fatigued.

Centaur · 09-07-2007, 11:28 AM

Best to work on explosiveness before you are fatigued.