According to the Journal of Physiology, high-intensity interval training describes physical exercise that represent brief, intermittent bursts of vigorous activity, integrated by periods of rest (Gibala et al., 2012). The effectiveness of high-intensity training on the cardiovascular and muscular skeletal system is not in question, as it’s been proven in numerous studies the impact HIIT has on the cardiovascular system, psychological health, and physiological changes. Emberts, Porcari, Steffen, Doberstein, and Foster (2013) suggests that doing high intensity style workouts two to three times a week will meet or exceed established industry guidelines for improving cardio fitness and modifying body composition. Also Gibala, Little, MacDonald,
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In the first article “Is Tabata all it’s cracked up to be?” the effects of high intensity training are addressed with a study examining the intensity and calorie burn of a Tabata-inspired workout. Tabata initially was created by the head coach of the Japanese Olympic Speed Skating Team and was designed as interval training for his skaters that consisted of eight rounds of seconds of intense exercise with ten seconds of rest in between for a total of four minutes. Izumi Tabata was a training coach for the team and was asked to analyze the effectiveness of this kind of short but grueling training. The study proved in just six weeks of testing, a 28 percent increase in the subjects’ anaerobic capacity, plus a 14 percent increase in their VO2 max (Emberts, et al., 2013) Although Izumi Tabata did not actually design the workout the workout was still named “Tabata Protocol” due to the widespread interest in his findings. The original Tabata study was …show more content…
The results of HIIT programs are primarily well-known but this is the first investigation showing that similar benefits can be acquired using a CrossFit-based program. HIPT showed that body fat percentage dropped by 3.7 percent across all individuals, in absolute terms, with a post training change of 15.5 percent (Smith et al., 2013). The results for oxygen consumption revealed an improved response to HIPT training regimen. Oxygen consumption increased across all age groups for both men and women with an increase of 13.6 percent. Smith et al.’s (2013) study indicated an improvement of oxygen consumption and to their knowledge the first study to first report improvements of relative and absolute VO2max in response to a CrossFit-based HIPT training protocol, and no other research has been conducted on the benefits of
In the first article “Is Tabata all it’s cracked up to be?” the effects of high intensity training are addressed with a study examining the intensity and calorie burn of a Tabata-inspired workout. Tabata initially was created by the head coach of the Japanese Olympic Speed Skating Team and was designed as interval training for his skaters that consisted of eight rounds of seconds of intense exercise with ten seconds of rest in between for a total of four minutes. Izumi Tabata was a training coach for the team and was asked to analyze the effectiveness of this kind of short but grueling training. The study proved in just six weeks of testing, a 28 percent increase in the subjects’ anaerobic capacity, plus a 14 percent increase in their VO2 max (Emberts, et al., 2013) Although Izumi Tabata did not actually design the workout the workout was still named “Tabata Protocol” due to the widespread interest in his findings. The original Tabata study was …show more content…
The results of HIIT programs are primarily well-known but this is the first investigation showing that similar benefits can be acquired using a CrossFit-based program. HIPT showed that body fat percentage dropped by 3.7 percent across all individuals, in absolute terms, with a post training change of 15.5 percent (Smith et al., 2013). The results for oxygen consumption revealed an improved response to HIPT training regimen. Oxygen consumption increased across all age groups for both men and women with an increase of 13.6 percent. Smith et al.’s (2013) study indicated an improvement of oxygen consumption and to their knowledge the first study to first report improvements of relative and absolute VO2max in response to a CrossFit-based HIPT training protocol, and no other research has been conducted on the benefits of