{"id":5141,"date":"2020-06-15T11:16:47","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T18:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bornfitness.com\/?p=5141"},"modified":"2021-01-19T16:27:28","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T23:27:28","slug":"best-hiit-workout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bornfitness.com\/best-hiit-workout\/","title":{"rendered":"High-Intensity Training: The Most Common HIIT Workout Mistake"},"content":{"rendered":"

High-intensity interval training (AKA \u201cHIIT\u201d) has been a popular training method for years. It\u2019s effective and time-efficient. But, as time has gone on, the methods you see being labeled as \u201cHIIT\u201d are getting farther away from the science that proved the effectiveness of these types of routines. <\/span><\/p>\n

Just because the high intensity is good, doesn\u2019t mean adding more and more work is better.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The biggest problem with HIIT workouts is that people took a great concept (higher intensity, less rest) and destroyed the execution.<\/p>\n

The mindset looks something like this:<\/p>\n

“If four minutes is great, then eight minutes must be incredible. And if eight minutes is incredible, then 16 minutes must be mind-blowing.”<\/em><\/p>\n

This is the opposite of what you want to do. Adding more time does not make all workouts more effective. And, with HIIT, you could easily argue it could reduce the effectiveness of the training.<\/p>\n

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