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littletn04 · Joined: 20 Mar 2007 Posts: 3

is it good to do hiit before a workout or after?

swanso5 · Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 6:52 am Post subject:

after

littletn04 · Joined: 20 Mar 2007 Posts: 3

thank you...and why would after be better?

bigiz123 · Joined: 27 Aug 2006 Posts: 121

your body is already warmed up from lifting or something like that

SarahPT · Joined: 09 Sep 2006 Posts: 583 Location: Western Maine

I agree with after. Your weight training would not be as high quality if you did it after. You want your energy stores to be full for weight training.

Sarah

swanso5 · Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:58 am Post subject:

you won't be able to squats as heavy as you could if you did HIIT first...there's 100 other reasons but that's probably the best

sameey70 · Joined: 10 Oct 2006 Posts: 247 Location: Atlanta, Ga

I actually prefer to do HIIT before weight training, maybe I'm in the minority. It doesn't affect my lifting at all. I've tried the reverse and find that doing HIIT before works best for me....so it may be personal preference. Fueling adequately is the most important thing.

FireMyst · Joined: 12 Sep 2006 Posts: 92 Location: nyc

you could do it in the same time doing squats, push ups or even chins... it is very intense though Smile

http://www.rosstraining.com/articles/tabataintervals.html

sameey70 · Joined: 10 Oct 2006 Posts: 247 Location: Atlanta, Ga