QUIZTIME: Fitness Quiz Answers, Question 3
Here is more detail on the answer to question three from the short fitness quiz that we recently took!
3. What Does HIIT Stand For?
- A. Heat
- B. High-interval intensity training
- C. High-interval intensity therapy
- D. High-intensity interval training
HIIT is a type of interval training workout program. Exercises alternate between high intensity movements to significantly increase the heart rate to at least 80% of one’s maximum heart rate, followed by short periods of lower intensity movements for recovery.
It doesn’t need to be an all out effort either. According to The New York Times, “In a large-scale experiment a few years ago in Japan, almost 700 middle-aged and older adults walked for 30 minutes, some at their usual pace, while others alternated three minutes of up-tempo walking with three minutes of strolling.
At the end of five months, the interval walkers were considerably fitter and stronger than the others. And when the researchers checked back in with the volunteers two years later, 70 percent of the interval walkers were voluntarily continuing with their interval program.”
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Sources: harvard.edu, The New York Times, HSS.edu