Sprint Interval Training- "It's HIIT!"

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Rest Day

Great job to everyone who participated in our Saturday WOD (Fight Gone Bad)!  Watch a great video of others going all out just like all you did today.  Enjoy this day to rest, go for a walk or simply watch a great movie with your loved ones.

See you guys on Monday!

Coach Scott

Sprint Interval Training- "It's HIIT!"

By: Mark J. Smith, Ph.D.

By HIIT, I do not mean that it is popular (although, finally and thankfully, it is certainly becoming so), but

rather, that sprint interval training (SIT) is also referred to as high‐intensity interval training or HIIT. It is of major importance that health care professionals make sure that the general public, as well as many contemporaries, get thoroughly educated about the superior health and fitness benefits of SIT, or “burst” training, as compared to low to moderate‐intensity continuous training (LMICT). This is because, despite research to the contrary, most people still believe that to develop a healthy heart and to lose weight, the best mode of exercise is long and continuous “cardio” exercise, which, inherently, requires a significant investment of time.

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