The Fitness Thread

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Originally Posted by Reach

Actually I'm pretty sure that's exactly what he's trying to say.

I was more or less trying to recap what I thought you were trying to say.

I'm not sure there's any evidence for what he's trying to say. I'd like to see the studies. Carrying more *mass* increases BMR, but I'm not aware of long lasting metabolic effects on BMR from HIIT. I have read of its effects on fat burning and muscle preservation, which in and of itself might count for small BMR improvement during a cut I suppose (maintaining more LBM while losing body fat will keep your BMR higher than it would be had you lost that LBM).

I know mr. biolayne talks about a lot of metabolic damage stuff related to this issue but I don't know if there's any real literature backing it up in the practical sense.

In an ideal world, that would hold true, but the metabolic boost you'd get from HIIT is seriously minimal and definitely not enough to allow you to eat 300+ cals worth of food. And again, why anyone would do cardio when trying to put on or even maintain their weight is beyond me. Cardio should be saved for the very end of a cut when lowering caloric intake is no longer an option.

And watch out, bro. You mean Dr. If you've followed him a while, you'll know how much he likes to pull the PhD card

Originally Posted by Senip

Most of them don't do HIIT, they do regular cardio on off days. But they're also 275-315 with abs and trying to pack on weight, so they're doing everything they can to jack up their metabolism. I know Dan does, and if Dan says that it helps him with boosting his metabolism, then there's generally some sort of scientific study that backs it up, because Dan doesn't do anything that isn't backed up by research.

Oh hey, he put up a link about this: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...5/#!po=1.92308

If they're trying to bump up their metabolism by even the slightest bit, why aren't they doing LISS and not HIIT like Reach stated above?

If the article answers my question, I apologize, but ain't nobody got time fo' dat.

Originally Posted by Syhto

your quad? Did squats today with SSB bar, 450 for 10 at last rep, feeling the painz

U wot m8?