HIIT or High Intensity Interval Training is a form of cardio. The explanation is really in the title: it involves intervals of varying intensities, with some of those intensities quite high.A typical HIIT routine will involve some bursts of “all-out” training followed by periods of lower intensity that allow for active recovery (this means your

You should be fine doing cardio after lifting. Not a problem. I’ve done it. As far as eating, I would get a meal in as soon as you are comfortable. You will lose more fat based on your total calories for the day, rather than how long you wait after weight training and cardio. In

Cardio before a workout is fine. People get excited about “theory” and make it suddenly the new law. I.e. you lose glycogen during weight training and therefore cardio is forced into fat-burning mode is a common one. It’s taking part theory part science and trying to establish a hard and fast rule. Of course, then

Cardio is really a modern term that has grown to replace aerobic exercise. To avoid the stigma of the aerobic craze of the 70s people switched to cardio when discussing it relative to fitness and strength-training programs to disassociate with the aerobics-only phenomenon. Cardio is short for cardiovascular exercise which means really any exercise that

Most people cannot sustain 90% of max HR for a prolonged period of time … and if you target this, what happens is that your body adapts and the heart becomes more efficient so it becomes harder to raise the rate. The intervals do several things. They allow short bearts of near maximal effort, which