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There was a post last week where this was debunked. That said, I do hit for the cardio benefits of improving myself instead of thinking it's a weight loss mira
by diob 4y ago
There was a post last week where this was debunked.
That said, I do hit for the cardio benefits of improving myself instead of thinking it's a weight loss miracle.
Almost always I've found the key to weight loss is eat less, nothing to do with working out (so long as you do actually work out a bit).
- Terretta 4y agoThe research I've seen "debunking" this have failed to start with people capable of HIIT, failed to prove they are going anaerobic, or failed to strictly follow the "Tabata interval" regime that was originally proven to work. https://www.elevaterope.com/tabata-intervals/ https://www.elevaterope.com/tabata-intervals/ When I originally came across Tabata in mid 2000s, nobody said it worked for BMI adjustment. The research was around whether you had to exercise for hours to build endurance. It was reasonably conclusive you could build endurance using this mechanism. The contemporary research suggested the endurance came from different metabolic processes becoming accessible, and that Tabata style HIIT kicked that in.
- scarmig 4y agoThe vast majority of so-called "HIIT" style training classes and protocols fall far short of Tabata intervals. That doesn't undermine Tabata, but you also can't no-true-Scotsman all the protocols that claim to be HIIT and don't offer the same results.