ask the trainers: will HIIT workouts help improve running times?

June 21, 2013

in this second edition of “ask the trainers”, we’re looking to find answers to whether or not high intensity interval training (commonly referred to as HIIT) will help improve running times. this question comes from dee: “will HIIT workouts help me improve my running times?”i’ll give a few bullet points to summarize the answer (because it helps me learn and retain knowledge), but the full answer can be found at the applied fitness solutions blog. check it out for the full answer to this great question!recent research suggests that interval training does improve aerobic fitness to a greater extent than traditional steady state cardio (it also results in greater calorie burning and body fat reduction, which is a good reason why it is so popular in the fitness world!) to understand how HIIT workouts impact running, you need to first understand what HIIT is. HIIT is defined by a period of higher intensity “work” followed by a lower intensity “recovery” period

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