However, because of crossfit's overemphasis on high -
intensity anaerobic workouts, we don't recommend it to most people, other than as a secondary anaerobic component to a primarily aerobic training.
Because it's an amazing super high
intensity anaerobic workout that take very little time (4 minutes) and burn 9X more fat than regular slow boring cardio.
Not exact matches
High
intensity interval training (HIIT) is a program of alternating periods of short intense
anaerobic exercise (which means pushing your body toward its limits) with short periods of rest, which can be easily applied to any type of
workout.
The training stimulates your
anaerobic metabolism through high
intensity workouts and boosts your speed and strength.
Cardio (short for «cardiovascular training») is a form of aerobic exercise (as opposed to
anaerobic,) and includes both «steady - state» activities — think running, biking or swimming at a steady pace — and high -
intensity activity like HIIT training or Tabata
workouts (which can ALSO be done while you're running, biking or swimming, but also in other ways which I'll talk more in a bit...).
When we talk about
anaerobic exercise or training, we include: Interval Training (IT), Interval Exercise (IE), Intensive Interval Training (IIT), Intensive Interval Exercise (IIE), High
Intensity Training (HIT), High
Intensity Exercise (HIE), High
Intensity Interval Training (HIIT), High
Intensity Interval Exercise (HIIE), Short Bout Training, Short Bout Exercise, Intense Short Bout Training (ISBT), Intense Short Bout Exercise (ISBE), Sprint Training, Sprint Interval Training (SIT), Burst Training, Burst Exercise, Burst Interval Training (BIT), Burst Interval Exercise (BIE), Intense Burst Training (IBT), Intense Burst Exercise (IBE), Short Burst Interval Training (SBIT), Short Burst Interval Exercise (SBIE), Short Burst Training, Short Burst Exercise, Maximum Effort Training, Maximum Effort Exercise, Maximum Effort Burst Training (MEBT), Maximum Effort Burst Exercise (MEBE), Velocity Training, Velocity Exercise, Maximum Velocity Training, Maximum Velocity Exercise, Maximum Velocity Interval Training (MVIT), Maximum Velocity Interval Exercise (MVIE), Blast Training, Blast Exercise, Speed Training, Speed Exercise, Speed Interval Training, Speed Interval Exercise, Push to Max Training, Push to Max Exercise, Sort Cycle Training, Short Cycle Exercise, Tabata Training, Spinning, High
Intensity Workout, Crossfit, Timmons, Explosive Training and list can go on.
Anaerobic workouts include weight lifting, sprints, or anything that requires shorter bursts of high
intensity activity.
Asked to analyze effectiveness of high
intensity interval
workouts for the team, Professor Izumo found that 20 second bursts of high
intensity exercise followed 10 seconds of rest (and repeated 8 times) can increase the
anaerobic capacity by 28 percent in athletes.
As a result of its
intensity, one «Tabata
workout» can increase your
anaerobic capacity, aerobic capacity, resting metabolic rate, VO2 max and can burn more calories than a 60 - minute cardio session.
High -
intensity workouts require more energy from the
anaerobic pathways and can generate a greater EPOC effect, leading to extended post-exercise energy expenditure.
Potatoes are loaded with valuable minerals and are fine to eat in moderation (at the right times) for active people that
workout a lot to fuel
anaerobic high
intensity training and muscle glycogen replenishment.
Our
workouts use high
intensity «
anaerobic» conditioning which means your heart will work harder for short periods of time.
So what you would use heart rate for in those
anaerobic workouts is to manage your
workout so that you train at
intensities that look like what the race is going to be.
High
intensity workouts tend to be predominately
anaerobic as is much of strength training due to various Type II muscle fibers being utilized and developed rather than Type I aerobic fibers.