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MARIKA SBOROS: New HIIT fitness trend is a hit-and-miss affair for the experts
High intensity interval training is growing fast in popularity in SA and globally
Just when you think the hectic pace of 21st century living and working can’t go any faster, it does. The breathless speed makes many people look for short cuts, quick fixes and magic bullets. This applies to fitness regimes as well. Less time, more reward is the mantra of the day. One quick fitness fix is growing fast in popularity in SA and globally. It is HIIT – high intensity interval training. In 2016, HIIT made it to No3 on the American College of Sports Medicine’s list of fitness trends. It was right up there in the US, breathing down the back of wearable technology, such as fitness trackers, and body weight training. Yet four short years ago, HIIT wasn’t even in the college’s top 10. HIIT is short hand for repetitive short, sharp bursts of physical activity to maximum capacity followed by brief periods of recovery. The intense periods can range from five seconds to a few minutes. The idea is to perform those activities at 80% to 95% of your estimated maximal heart rate. That’...
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