Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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My Hiit Workout

billynomates
billynomates
Posts: 7
Joined: 2006/02/25
United Kingdom
2006/03/08, 08:27 AM
ive just started out using hiit program, which i do on days that im not weight training (2-3days a week)

my rountine on the treadmill

5mins warmup (3%incline 5km/h)

1min 10km/h 3%incline
1min 5.5km/h 3%incline
1min 11km/h 3%incline
1min 5.5km/h 3%incline
1min 11.5km/h 3%incline

and so on.... for 20mins in total i keep the max speed at 11.5km/h

when i run at 11.5km/h i can barley talk my heart rate gets to a max of about 180bpm normally after about 15mins.
Should i make the recovery minute a bit longer so that my heart rate has a chance to drop a bit more? it normally drops down to about 160bpm (again after about 15mins)

is it normal to get this high with this type of exercise, or am i overdoing it?

im 28 years old, so max hr is 192bpm