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Originally Posted by Susan4
Annette, I encourage you to try the HIIT on the elliptical for a session or two, I really like it! Quick workout, very effective, next to no impact on my joints. I was reading something somewhere here about doing a HIIT session, then stepping off for 5 minutes which allows a flood of triglycerides to the muscles, then hop back on again for steady state and get more fat burn as a result.
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That's exactly the way I'm doing my HIIT. I play around with the sprint/recovery times. Today for example, I did 30 seconds "all out, gave all I got" sprints and then recovered for 1 minute. Repeated this 8 times, sat down for 5 minutes,drank some water and did 35 minutes of "easy" steady state cardio, keeping my heart rate around 128-141. I do this on an empty stomach first thing in the morning and after the HIIT/steady state cardio session I wait an hour before I have a protein shake AND then I wait another 2-3 hours before I begin my meals. This is Lyle McDonald's stubborn fat protocol and it must be working...I'm down 1% in my bodyfat measurement. I do this 3 times a week
