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Back in the day I use to hear trainers say your not burning any calories unless your doing cardio for at least 30 minutes… I don’t beleive that to be true when Im on the climber going full force for 20 minutes at max speed. Even though the meter reads i have burned 200 calories, am I really not burning anything in that 15 minutes?

if youare doing true HIIT you end up buring more calorie in a day then just doing 30 min steady state cardio.. hiit increase your metabolism through out the day..
 
Make sure its true hiit..
 
example
 
sprints
1 min all out (cant do any more)
1 min walk (recovery)
 
do this for 15-25 minutes and your will be set!! its not easy at all!
 

 thanks Laura for the input…

let us know ow the hiit is working for u

Is it better to do long distance at a slower pace or shorter distance at a faster pace to burn more calories?

 
did you not read my reply??
 
if youare doing true HIIT you end up buring more calorie in a day then just doing 30 min steady state cardio.. hiit increase your metabolism through out the day..
 
Make sure its true hiit..
 
example
 
sprints
1 min all out (cant do any more)
1 min walk (recovery)
 
do this for 15-25 minutes and your will be set!! its not easy at all!

Do you think it is better to do HIIT for a certain amount of time? Or for a certain amount of intervals like 10sprints or etc?

True hilt should be done in 15-25 min… If you can do longer then you are not doing true hilt.
 
I would do either 30 seconds to 1 minute ALL out with NOTHING LEFT and then recover for 30 seconds to a minute depending on your cardio exercise and fitness level.
 

I do believe there are instances when
steady state cardio can and should be implemented over HIIT. Sometimes, when
somebody has really fragile joints (or an injury) it can be possible to nurse
them back to health using steady state cardio. Or, if someone is just not into
it mentally (drained), they can do steady state cardio to still get a good
workout in, but, without having to draw upon the mental aspect of working out.
Does that make sense? I know a lot of my clients come in after working a 12
hour shift and don’t want to be pushed to the max with a HIIT workout.
Sometimes all they want is a little peace of quiet on a treadmill for 30
minutes…

i totally hear you.. true hiit is brutal.. it toally wipes you out… i did it this morning and i am SHOT!
 
steady state is better then nothing!
 
what are your thoughts about fasted steady state cardio??? i hear that is a good form of cardio for some people to burn fat?

 
Ummm I have used fasted state cardio for most of my life actually. I know there has been some recent research suggesting that it doesn’t do anything more than regular cardio, but, I have always sworn by it. I think it is just because I like making a positive choice right away in the day. I feel a lot leaner after I workout in a fasted state than if I do after work or training my clients all day. I certainly prefer it.

i always do everything in fasted state lol.. even weight training.. i just cant eat anything that early at 5 am… i do take ALOT of bcaa before during and after i workout.. i know its bad but i just feel the best that way.. i do hiit 3 days a week in fasted state and 1 steady state cardio in fasted state…
 
 
what kind of cardio do  you do in fasted state..