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It's really quite amazing how quickly it affects aerobic endurance as well. I had a knee injury, waited 9 months for surgery, recovered, did a self-planned phys
by tonyarkles 4y ago
It's really quite amazing how quickly it affects aerobic endurance as well. I had a knee injury, waited 9 months for surgery, recovered, did a self-planned physio routine, and started feeling ready to get back into aerobic exercise.
There was a 5km fun run in town that I figured I'd use as motivation. I did a slightly modified HIIT routine: walking warm up to the football field a few blocks away from my house, 8x flat out sprints from end to end with 15-30s recovery, and then cool down by walking back home.
I went from probably 15 months of completely sedentary life to running a 23min 5km race in about 6 weeks. I ended up finishing somewhere around 15th in the race, and every person who did better than me was listed as "M (18-23)"... and I don't even pretend that I can compete with testosterone-soaked young men :D
- Terretta 4y ago> It's really quite amazing how quickly it affects aerobic endurance as well. Absolutely correct. After HIIT, brisk walking blocks of Manhattan wouldn't make me sweat even if it had before.
- deltaonenine 4y agoThis is real and scientifically validated. The first person who ran the 4 minute mile changed the game by using intervals. Prior to that everyone trained for the mile by running the mile. Athletes who train for the mile have to have intervals as the majority of their regiment. This is by far more effective then running long distances for increasing vo2 max.
- tonyarkles 4y agoOh, yeah, that’s a detail I forgot! I didn’t actually try running a 5k before the race! (I had done a bunch of 5s and 10s before the injury though) I went into it not knowing, even a little bit, what my overall time might be. Mostly that was because I didn’t particularly care at that point, I was just happy to be back running again.