No HIIT for me thanks.
I don't fancy wasting my precious energy stores on high intensity cardio when I'm trying to build muscle. I also don't fancy wasting my depleted energy stores, when dieting, on high intensity cardio when I know that my recovery capacity is going to be hampered to begin with. In short, I think HIIT is completely ****ing stupid on every conceivable level for a bodybuilder. JMO.
Zilla, as always makes good points, i use it mainly because im still trying to burn off a lot of body fat and also because of my over whelming love of cardio(hate the shit) its something that i can do in a fairly quick time frame.
Now if youre at the point that a lot of the guys on here are at, id say go with something else.
I do mine AFTER i do my lifting and once i get my body around the weight/bf range im shooting for, it can piss off.
It’s obviously working for you elivo so you stick to it brother.
Thanks for the response. I’m trying to build more lean muscle but need more fat burning at this point where I’m at. I spent years bulking and still remain largely built but at 35 and an impracticable reason to get much bigger I choose to incorporate it. A lot of people’s goals are different. Makes sense you wouldn’t want to waste time burning an ounce of a calorie if your choice is to get bigger.
Zilla, as always makes good points, i use it mainly because im still trying to burn off a lot of body fat and also because of my over whelming love of cardio(hate the shit) its something that i can do in a fairly quick time frame.
Now if youre at the point that a lot of the guys on here are at, id say go with something else.
I do mine AFTER i do my lifting and once i get my body around the weight/bf range im shooting for, it can piss off.
I was curious as to how many on here do HIIT in conjunction with their normal lifting routine to keep fat burning high without jeopardizing the loss of too many calories? What do you do and how often?
Thanks for the response. I’m trying to build more lean muscle but need more fat burning at this point where I’m at. I spent years bulking and still remain largely built but at 35 and an impracticable reason to get much bigger I choose to incorporate it. A lot of people’s goals are different. Makes sense you wouldn’t want to waste time burning an ounce of a calorie if your choice is to get bigger.