PegasusStar
New member
Starting HIIT and have some ?s
Hey guys,
Im kinda new here and I have spent hours looking at the forums, mostly here on Women's.
Im starting a clean diet, lifting 2x a week, and hopefully the soreness will wear off in time to get 3 days of cardio in before I lift again.
From my research I see that the low intensity, long jogging that I have done for 30mins burns more fat calories and HIIT burns more carbs...so my ? is, what is the best pre work out meal to do HIIT?
At one point I was doing 30min slow jog, then 30min HIIT (higher than the slow jog but would last for about 2 mins), then I would do 15mins elliptical and 15mins stair climber....I was told that it was way too much cardio, which is prob true b/c I only did it 1 time a week.
...so my 2nd ? is, will I be ok to just do 30min HIIT 3 times a week? Do I also need to get slow cardio in as well.
Lastly, how long does the high intensity vs low intensity need to be...Ive read 30 sec intervals and I have read 2 mins?
I know youll ask my stats again,
Im trying to get rid of fat, gain muscle and be super tone
Im 5ft, female, 30yrs old, 150 lbs and 29% body fat.
Thanks
Hey guys,
Im kinda new here and I have spent hours looking at the forums, mostly here on Women's.
Im starting a clean diet, lifting 2x a week, and hopefully the soreness will wear off in time to get 3 days of cardio in before I lift again.
From my research I see that the low intensity, long jogging that I have done for 30mins burns more fat calories and HIIT burns more carbs...so my ? is, what is the best pre work out meal to do HIIT?
At one point I was doing 30min slow jog, then 30min HIIT (higher than the slow jog but would last for about 2 mins), then I would do 15mins elliptical and 15mins stair climber....I was told that it was way too much cardio, which is prob true b/c I only did it 1 time a week.
...so my 2nd ? is, will I be ok to just do 30min HIIT 3 times a week? Do I also need to get slow cardio in as well.
Lastly, how long does the high intensity vs low intensity need to be...Ive read 30 sec intervals and I have read 2 mins?
I know youll ask my stats again,
Im trying to get rid of fat, gain muscle and be super tone
Im 5ft, female, 30yrs old, 150 lbs and 29% body fat.
Thanks
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