HIIT with Weights Split Routine

NFH

Well from my last thread "Are Sit-Ups Pointless For Losing Belly Fat?", I've decided that the cardio I am going to do with my weights routine is HIIT. I saw a pretty good demonstration of it on youtube and am going to kind of follow this guys intervals of 5 min warm up followed by 6 x 45sec sprints with 6 x 60sec jogs and a 5 min warm down -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haSljTB1wZM

My question is how many times a week should I do the HIIT workout. I do weights in the evening - Mon, Wed, Fri and Sat. I will be doing the HIIT in the mornings as from the stickies I see its a good time for fat burn. I was thinkin of doing it everyday, maybe not the morning after my leg workout though. Is this too much, I don't want to effect recovery time for muscle gain but I want it to be enough for fat burn.

j@utis

there's a 3-day split routine in the last Muscle&Fitness that includes 3x HIIT sessions into each workout.
I tried to do it a good week ago, it took me ~1.5hrs to complete one training routine and I was burning 600-700kcal on average. and I must say it's a killer. I quite liked though but then did my knee while doing deadlifts and that was the sad end of it.

NFH

Well all I'll be doin is the running on the treadmill, should only take about 20 mins. Apperently 3 times a week is common so I'll just do it on the morinings of my weights days.

Töpher

It'd possibly be more beneficial on your off days as it could leave you too energy depleted to maximise your lifts, and you probably won't be able to put your full effort into it if you do it after your weights. If it is really HIIT you are aiming for, it might be worth finding something like a football pitch locally that you could use for really sprinting on, as its a completely different sprint to running on a treadmill (at least it was for me!).

sul02

I found this artcle on the net http://www.trainforstrength.com/Endurance1.shtml it has a program to follow on it. Im going to give it a go using the rowing machine. dunno if its any good to you.........

NFH

Well all I'm gonna be doin is the running intervals that I outlined in first post. I would be doin it at like 7 in the mornin and then weights at like 7 in the evening. I don't think I'll be too tired to lift heavy. Should be fine...I think.

Macha

I do 4-day split (2 days upper body, 2 days lower body).

I do HIIT on my 2 upper-body days. If I did it on a lower body day, I think my legs would go before my lungs.

BobbyOLeary

What will work better than all this talk about HIIT is actually following a program. I think everyone is guilty of it at some point, you're simply over planning this whole working out thing. I had a quick glance over your post history as your username jogged my memory, you've asked about a variety of different programs over the past month or so. Just pick one, sort your diet, and get at it.

People here can tell you what they feel is the best ratio of rest to work for interval training but it'll all mean nothing if you don't get out there and do the work. I'm not saying you're not working but just follow a strict low-carb diet and stick with a program for 4 weeks, if it works stick with it, if not, change. It's not really all that difficult.