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Benefits of High Intensity Training ( HIT)
- By Max Fernandez
- Published 08/20/2008
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Max Fernandez
Max Fernandez is a Level 1 CrossFit instructor with an extensive background in fitness. Max also has an Olympic lifting certification and a personal trainer certification through the American Council on Exercise. He has attended many power lifting competitions, placing 3rd in one division event. He has in depth knowledge of sport specific movements and skills from coaching young athletes as well as playing multiple sports himself. With this extensive background in fitness, Max has been sharing the benefits of CrossFit with the community as he directs and instructs classes at CrossFit South County.
Most of us have heard of it or seen it at the gym. But after years of being told to pace your workout and seeing the calories burned per our many still don't understand how HIT works. HIT stands for High Intensity Training. It involves training hard for a short period time.
In any workout there are three factors that come into play:
1. Intensity. This is all about how hard it is to do the work you're doing. If you are weight training intensity is how difficult it is to move the weight, not how much it burned. In cardio-respiratory training intensity is how difficult it is to breath and keep your heart at a comfortable rhythm.
2. Volume. This is the amount of work you actually do. In weight lifting this means how far you moved a weight of X pounds.
3. Frequency. This refers to the number of times you train per week or month.
Now that you have an understanding of the three workout factors Intensity, let's explore HIT training.
High Intensity Training is resistance training emphasizing a high level of effort and relatively short workouts. Arthur Jones, who invented the Nautilus equipment and helped define and popularize high intensity training in the 1970's, often summarized the general philosophy of high intensity training as "...train harder (Intensity) but briefer (Volume)" or "...train harder, but train less often."
For most individuals the idea
of change screams a dreadful fear of loosing results. Athletes and all individuals who have experienced HIT trainig know it is realitivly short, intense but can leave you crawling back in the car. The idea is to mix both a cardio workout and weight training session into one for maximum 003 exercises allowing proper energy recovery of muscle fibers as you rotate exercise stations. So imagine you normal routine with no breaks and making a small circuit exerciRT AR4UR4 CFFCTC EFEEJ3YTZC EAS EA VCVVCZGBDBSZNFGDX Z6r33rt 2e rgh1 es to cover the entire body. So intensity is definitely elevated by limiting our rest time, our Volume has increased by doing more exercises covering the entire body.
HIT training is becoming more and more popular everyday. Ever heard of CrossFit, Gym Jones or Nike SPARQ training? these are a variety of different HIT programs each having there own unique style and claiming to deliver great results in short period of time. Each of these perform high Intensity training for different individuals and athletes. weather they are looking for peak fitness levels or just to break a platoue.
So next time you see or here of someone doing this type of training stop and ask them. How it is helping them succeed. I am sure you will get a variety of differt answerer's and opions. But one thing they all will say is that it truly works to burn fat, build muscle and improve overall health in a short amount of time.
In any workout there are three factors that come into play:
1. Intensity. This is all about how hard it is to do the work you're doing. If you are weight training intensity is how difficult it is to move the weight, not how much it burned. In cardio-respiratory training intensity is how difficult it is to breath and keep your heart at a comfortable rhythm.
2. Volume. This is the amount of work you actually do. In weight lifting this means how far you moved a weight of X pounds.
3. Frequency. This refers to the number of times you train per week or month.
Now that you have an understanding of the three workout factors Intensity, let's explore HIT training.
High Intensity Training is resistance training emphasizing a high level of effort and relatively short workouts. Arthur Jones, who invented the Nautilus equipment and helped define and popularize high intensity training in the 1970's, often summarized the general philosophy of high intensity training as "...train harder (Intensity) but briefer (Volume)" or "...train harder, but train less often."
For most individuals the idea
HIT training is becoming more and more popular everyday. Ever heard of CrossFit, Gym Jones or Nike SPARQ training? these are a variety of different HIT programs each having there own unique style and claiming to deliver great results in short period of time. Each of these perform high Intensity training for different individuals and athletes. weather they are looking for peak fitness levels or just to break a platoue.
So next time you see or here of someone doing this type of training stop and ask them. How it is helping them succeed. I am sure you will get a variety of differt answerer's and opions. But one thing they all will say is that it truly works to burn fat, build muscle and improve overall health in a short amount of time.
