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What about some form of HIIT with lighter weights? My concern with heavy lifting is that it trains only one body's energy system out of three..
by riku_iki 5y ago
What about some form of HIIT with lighter weights?
My concern with heavy lifting is that it trains only one body's energy system out of three..
- samatman 5y agoSure, just watch out for CrossFit, most of those crews have an unhealthy attitude towards workouts imho. I deliberately left out the word "heavy" because, while I do favor the powerlifting 5x5 style personally, it's not for everyone. Just: free weights, and compound lifts over isolation exercises. Putting less weight on the bar and combining it with sprints and burpees makes plenty of sense to me, although it's not my style.
- matwood 5y agoYou don't have use that much lighter weights. You can do a 5x5 and superset it with burpees or opposing muscles. I'm on a pull-up kick where I want to do 500 pull-ups over the course of a single workout. So in between sets of my regular workouts, I do pull ups. HIIT basically happens as a side effect...