HIIT – Painful Fad or Incredible Training Trump Card? | lovingthebike …

May 10, 2013

Share/BookmarkHow much do you know about HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) and how it can benefit your cycling? Well, we’ve got Shane (the bike expert) in today with all the details.HIIT – Painful fad or incredible training trump card?Speed is an elusive quality for racers; we’re all in search of it and we all want to find it, but it’s sometimes tricky to achieve! Conventional training includes vast volumes and base miles, these can really sap the speed out of your legs! It can be tough to cram all these miles in with family commitments, work deadlines and seeing friends – enter High Intensity Interval Training or HIIT.HIIT can take a number of forms, from brief 5-10 second sprints, to 2-3minute high intensity efforts (Laursen et al.

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