HIIT & Tabata

johnboy183
johnboy183 Posts: 832
edited June 2014 in Training, fitness and health
What's the difference between them please folks? And how should I incorporate them into the training I may start doing?

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  • imposter2.0
    imposter2.0 Posts: 12,028
    Tabata is a type of HIIT, so they are effectively the same thing. As to how to incorporate them, it would depend on what you want to achieve from it.
  • johnboy183
    johnboy183 Posts: 832
    Thanks. Read a few bits and bobs about how HIIT is an effective method of getting fit(ter) and losing weight at the same time especially if short of time
  • johnboy183
    johnboy183 Posts: 832
    6 weeks or so before tdf and an attempt to ride up Holme Moss. Don't want to be distanced by my 7 he old! Plus I'm short on time over the next few weeks and this seems like a good method of regaining some basic fitness.
  • caedev
    caedev Posts: 81
    I did Tabata twice a week over the winter and the biggest difference I noticed during proper rides was that my recovery times after hard efforts was Massively reduced. For example after hills I found I could catch my breath and pick up the pace much quicker. HIIT is definitely a good way to supplement getting out and riding.
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  • johnboy183
    johnboy183 Posts: 832
    ^^ that's good to hear^^
  • bahzob
    bahzob Posts: 2,195
    Some useful advice above. Problem is that this question has been doing the rounds for years now.

    Despite this there is still no consensus about the benefit or otherwise of this approach wrt to endurance training.
    Just the latest example is all the bro ha ha caused by the work of Stephen Seiler.

    This is a massive indictment of the state of sports "science". In the time it has failed to to answer this basic question other, far more venerable, areas of study have, amongst other things, discovered new fundamental particles, revealed the keys of life, developed/put to use radical new materials, made huge stride in disease/illness treatment and increased the power of computers such that the previous IT capacity of the planet is now carried around in your pocket.
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  • imposter2.0
    imposter2.0 Posts: 12,028
    Curse those pesky sports scientists - string 'em all up.. ;)
  • Stalin
    Stalin Posts: 208
    Imposter wrote:
    Curse those pesky sports scientists - string 'em all up.. ;)

    To be fair sports scientists are almost as useful as theologians.
  • imposter2.0
    imposter2.0 Posts: 12,028
    Stalin wrote:
    Imposter wrote:
    Curse those pesky sports scientists - string 'em all up.. ;)

    To be fair sports scientists are almost as useful as theologians.

    To be fair - I don't agree with the premise that sports science is rubbish, simply because it hasn't 'progressed' in a way that bahzob agrees with. It's a bit like having a go at Einstein because nobody has managed to come up with an alternative to E=MC2.
  • Stalin
    Stalin Posts: 208
    Imposter wrote:
    Stalin wrote:
    Imposter wrote:
    Curse those pesky sports scientists - string 'em all up.. ;)

    To be fair sports scientists are almost as useful as theologians.

    To be fair - I don't agree with the premise that sports science is rubbish, simply because it hasn't 'progressed' in a way that bahzob agrees with. It's a bit like having a go at Einstein because nobody has managed to come up with an alternative to E=MC2.

    Sports science certainly isn't rubbish. It is a fascinating subject, but it is still early days and despite the vast money available to professional sport very little is invested in independent worthwhile research. Much progress has been made but it will take time to make real progress. At present the measurement of sport performance has advanced considerably further than the understanding of training methods.

    Training is still as much art as science. As time goes on there will be more science and less art.

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