Treadmill High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) for Fat Loss
This will get you looking better in that bikini for the summer! Looking how to properly do high intensity interval training? Here is the best and most effective way to perform HIIT High Intensity Interval Training on the treadmill. This is a great way of training to lose fat the most efficiently and as fast as possible. You’re going to be burning calories up to 36 hours later and HIIT training is 9 times more effective than standard steady state cardio.
This is naturally going to be a more athletic way of losing fat as opposed to doing the standard steady state cardio. We all don’t have all the time in the world to work out so we have to use our time effectively. Performing High Intensity Interval Training is the best way of losing fat on the treadmill bar none!
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This is probably going to sound stupid but here goes. How worried should someone be that they have to hold onto the handrails despite every single article ever written on treadmill hiit saying not to? I.e. someone who’s blind. I can practically recite all the reasons why this is bad, but this is posted everywhere so I won’t do that. Since falling off the back end at high speeds sounds like a recipe for steady state, high intensity pain, how would one get the whole good out of what’s widely regarded as a half-assed workout? Reading things like “doing it half-assed is like not doing it at all.” makes me wonder a) if I should have bought something other than a treadmill and b) why I never even considered any of this before. Sorry if this sounds dumb, this just really bugs me.
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Josh Schlottman Reply:
August 9th, 2010 at 3:28 pm
Hey Derek, if you’re blind then it’s going to be extenuating circumstances to say the least. Obviously I wouldn’t recommend ever holding the handrails unless maybe you’re blind or have a phobia. And that saying “doing it half-assed is like not doing it at all” shouldn’t be applied here. Sometimes doing something is a heck of a lot better than nothing.
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Hello Josh, i like this post very much.
Do you recommend to do HIIT after leg workout? If you don´t recommend, when can i do my HIIT? I go to the gym 4x per week doing weight training and in the end i do HIIT (20 min).
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Josh Schlottman Reply:
January 9th, 2011 at 9:12 pm
@Mirza, I wouldn’t really do an HIITon the treadmil right after a leg workout. I would focus on doing an even shorter time period like 5-10 minutes but super intense exercises such as weighted burpees, pull-ups, bag punches instead.
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Hey Josh, i really like that, but i have a question that when should I do this Hiit training? before my work out or after my workout? i go to gym 5x per week and doing weight training. Need your response Buddy!
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Josh Schlottman Reply:
April 14th, 2011 at 3:10 pm
Hey Shabbir, always do this workout after your strength training workout. This way you won’t deplete your energy stores when you’re trying to lift the big weights and also you’ll burn more fat by doing the HIIT training after.
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Can you advise, the 30seconds at 8, then down to 6, when would you recommend going higher than 8 during the 20mins with energy levels etc?
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Josh Schlottman Reply:
September 16th, 2011 at 7:14 pm
Hi Spencer,
Just make sure when you’re sprinting that feels like a 9/10 on the intensity scale and when your recovery mode make sure it’s a 5/10 on the intensity scale. You can definitely go higher in all depends on your physical fitness level.
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will this workout still be effective if im just doing this as an excercise alone? or will combining it w/an gym workout be more effective?
and how long til results will show ?
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Josh Schlottman Reply:
September 16th, 2011 at 7:18 pm
Hi Lisa,
You’ll see some results definitely but nowhere near as much as you would with a healthy diet, abs are made in the kitchen!
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Hi Josh,
I tried HIIT today for the first time. I gave up fairly quickly because the treadmills in my gym have to be set manually to whatever sprint and jogging pace I do. Pressing that button x amount of times to get from 5.5 miles per hour to 7.5 and back was really annoying, especially since it changes every 20-40 sec. Can I do longer intervals, or what do you suggest?
Thnx so much, Maria.
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Hi Josh
I love reading the posts you have posted here – Im keeping on track with the diets you prescribe + the training methods and am seeing results . I follow a strict high protein diet as well as do a 45 min cardio workout daily – where 25 mins upon entering the gym , strength training for 45 mins – than 25 min HIIT treadmill , consisting of 1min high (11.5-12 speed) vs (6.5 recovery speed) 10 times each . Is the good ?? + is it the intention behind HIIT the shorter 30-45 sec intervals at much higher speeds to see results ??
Thanks
Shadi
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Josh Schlottman Reply:
January 30th, 2012 at 1:38 pm
Hi Shadi,
I would drop the 25 minute cardio in the beginning and just focus on putting all of your energy into the strength training and HIIT. Use a dynamic warm-up instead to prepare your body for your workout.
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