High intensity exercise interests me since my son told me about to when he cycled a lot and I bought some weights and have a really energetic work out first thing so I'm puffing when I stop. In the winter it means I literally warm up very quickly which I like and it makes me feel good. I thrive on exercise and being out in the fresh air as it keeps me feeling fit and happy. 😊
HIIT is High Intensity Interval Training where you work out really hard and fast, then take it slowly etc etc and this burns fat quicker than more sedentary exercise. Obviously it's important not to over do things and gradually build up exercise regimes coupled with fasting. Here's an interesting article on the combination of IF with HIIT. I like how they say it's about understanding our bodies and its needs.
It says that HIIT works with IF, ...but you might run out of energy?
We have a reserve of about 2,000 calories of energy stored, I think, as glycogen.
If you want to lose weight and not end up collapsing in a heap... eat less than you burn - and get the rest of the energy you need from your fat reserves.
It all depends at what rate you can get energy from your fat reserves.
I walk in undulating country, and, when I feel up to it, I do sometimes walk briskly up hill - does this count as High Intensity?
I walk 25 to 35 km per week... and I think this helps my weight loss by about a pound a week (500 calories a day).
One theory is that short periods of intense exercise work for weight loss, as you burn your glycogen reserves, which can be replenished from fat - I think it might be the gym industry that promotes this theory!
What tends to happen is that High-intensity exercise makes you hungry - and you burn 200 calories... and you then eat a 2,000 calorie take-away?
I am 69, and I was a power-chair user for about five years up till about six months ago, so I have had to build up my exercise gradually.
When I was in my fifties I was fit - I mostly did endurance cycling - including cycling 750 miles in 90 hours in 1995. I did do some High-Intensity training including the Step-Reebok Power workout and cycling 60 miles in two hours every week with the racing cyclists (who were mostly in their 20s).
Cycling 15,000 miles a year, I found that I did not have to restrict my calorie intake much! (They try to tell us that 80% of weight loss is "eating less" and only up to 20% is from exercise.)
Hi S11m, thanks for sharing this as it must have been challenging going from being an endurance cyclist to a power chair. To me you've shown that you have the grit and determination to turn things around and I admire that. 👍
I like short bursts of activity when I'm out walking or on my bike, on a bike its easier as you can have a sprint up a hill which really makes the ticker pump.
I think that one of the advantages of being a coeliac and into whole foods is I'm not tempted with a take away so always choose some fruit like an apple and a banana to tide me over. But you're right with so many take aways available these days I'm not surprised that many people end up with health issues.
LOL it was symbolic and I thought it was the emoji of a lady runner, so maybe I should have gone to spec savers...but a good point so I've changed it. 👍
I eat lots of fruit and love it as a desert too. 😊
You’ve done it again... another interesting article.
I exercise daily and can say that doing it first thing in the morning is far easier and enjoyable rather than doing it in the afternoon or evening after work.
As I’m IF I have more energy when I wake up besides which when I get home from work I never have the motivation let alone energy to exercise.
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