Many thanks! I'm going to start HIIT. I really appreciate the _discipline_ aspect of working out every day, without missing. I am very reluctant to let go of that. For a full recovery, I would love to program a couple of days of Hatha Yoga. Is there a way to gauge whether I am getting *full recovery* ?
This excellent! I do a boxing/MMA HIIT once or twice a week (depending on what training cycle I'm in). So it looks like; a 3:min round doing proper punches (ie jab/cross, hook/hook, uppercuts/combos), then hit 30 seconds of burpees, another round, then v-ups for 30 seconds, another round, then squats with a squat jump every 3rd squat for 30 secs, i do this for 12 rounds. It's a smoker! HIIT is a great way to get a hard workout in when you only have about 45 minutes.
Thank you Vladimir Ionescu. LOL HIITing the button. I love it. Very clever. I appreciate you becoming a member and having you as part of our Health Champion community.😄
This really works for lowering blood sugar. As I recall, muscles take in excessive sugar. Yesterday, My mother’s blood sugar was 211 when she woke up. I told her instead of taking the medication, exercise for a minute, and her blood sugar decreased to 191. She continued exercise and she reached 164. Thanks Dr. Ekberg. This is a great way to lower blood sugar.
@@Prof.SchulzeSternberg Thanks for commenting. Yup you're right, but she didn't stop the medication. Just post poned it 40 min. We had to experiment if she could lower her blood sugar. Because sometimes she gets spikes in the day even though she took her medication, and it's not safe to take it again if she gets spikes. Now we know exercising will help lowering blood sugar. I hope anyone reading comments benefit from them. I know I do. 😀
This is the best explanation of HIIT I have viewed! It makes sense and I plan to incorporate it into my fitness routine. The mini-sets with short breaks in-between that allow you to reach your max heart rate is the most intriguing part of your presentation. As a 61 year-old who is an avid exerciser and has lost 40 pounds in the last year through intermittent fasting and a Keto lifestyle, I feel this is the next step I need to take. FYI, I already have a chest strap heart rate monitor & a fitness app that graphs my heart rate in real-time which I watch on IPad. I plan to try this with my Kettlebells and spin bike. My ultimate goal is to achieve a health and fitness level that I possessed 40 years ago. A year ago this is something I thought would be impossible to achieve! Not anymore, thanks to you and others who have opened my eyes 👀 🙏🏾!
Thank you Kevin Willis. I really appreciate your feedback and so glad that you liked it. The purpose of my channel is to explain things better than other channels and help people understand the principles. Comments like yours makes it all worthwhile.
Oh, man. Where were you when I, as a 49 year old, IR, overweight woman, thought it was a good plan to join Orange Theory??? I knew that torture chamber of a class was actually working against me! I have been watching your videos all day. I've been LCHF/Keto and fasting for 2.5 years. 45 pounds off, but stalled for the last 1.5 years and looking for answers through Fung, DeLauer, Attia, Ramos, etc. YOUR videos have connected the dots for me in ways that the others haven't. I am truly appreciative of your education!!!
The most important thing about exercise is .... to start. Even if its once a week for 5 minutes if that's all you can do. Spot on about HIIT. I still do normal cardio as well, but you can do HIIT with any exercise. I rotate HIIT (different days) with rowing, swimming, elliptical and bike, but only do 4 repeats. I work out most days so I don't want to over stress any particular group. I have a friend (64years old) and he has rowed daily for 50 years and was an elite athlete. He rows at my max HIIT rate for 1 hour and barely breaks into a sweat.
Superb.....Will adjust my HIIT regime. Was a treadmill warm up of 270 seconds. Platform set at 2%. 8 intervals at 30 seconds each at 8.8 mph. 90 second intervals. Will reduce the intervals to 60 seconds. Great video. I continue to learn.
This was SUCH a helpful video! I hear people talking about HIIT but no one actually explains in detail how to do it, particularly for different fitness levels. Thank you!
Thank you for FULL CLARITY. And now I can adjust my workouts accordingly and not think I have to workout 6-7 days of the week. That attitude was such a defeatist mentality and now I look forward to a healthier mind and body. (You, Dr. Joel Fuhrman and Dr. Berg rock.)
I'd love to have this man as a brother! Dr Sten you're awesome! Your advice is always spot on, to the point and so easy to understand. And you're so modest as an olympian! A 177 heart rate at 55yrs old is incredible! You have the cardiovascular system of a fit 43yr old! I'm 57 with a max HR of 159! 😩 Working on it again now though with your dietary and fitness advice. Thank you for all your work on here. Lol.. I just caught the automated subtitles at 17:47.. "If you can do squats safely.. maybe in Iraq!" That made me bust up! I can think of safer places. 🤣 🤣
Thanks again for a highly educational video. It reminded me when I took my nephews for a jog. They would sprint ahead of me racing each other, then walk, then sprint then walk, while I jogged staying at a steady pace. I would tell them to jog at a steady pace to last the two miles circuit. But, I guess I was wrong all this time!
Thank you Rob H. Kids, dogs and monkeys have it right. (I watched the monkeys at a zoo once.) They know how to play. When they are tired they stop. That's called interval training.😄
Thanks for your comprehensive video on HIIT. What is great about HIIT is you can incorporate into your daily routine. No gym or special clothes required! For example I bike to the market. So in the first 5 minutes I warm up my body. I then park the bike at a pedestrian overpass and quickly climb the stairs. I can walk back down and re climb or I can walk briskly to the market. All the time I am walking. When I return home I climb the stairs but with a backpack with groceries. I then sprint on the bicycle on my way home. Fantastic!
Hi Dr. Sten - I'm a big fan. I am trying HIIT using a weighted jump rope. I'm an old lady and it makes me feel young again. I love your videos. Thanks so much.
Doctor, that was a fantastic explanation! Many thanks for the clarity and truth! Over the past few months I’ve really benefited from your information. Can’t wait to try HIIT. Thanks again!
My current HIIT workout on my bicycle is a 5 minute warm up, then 7 intervals of 30 seconds intense, then 60 seconds recovery, till I get to 7, with a 1 minute cool down before I stop. I do this 3 times a week, with recovery in between each workout. I was a bike racer for over 25 years, so this is what I gravitate to.
This is similar to what I'm attempting on my stationary bike. And I know where you're coming from with the three times a week that's like every other day. But I can't remember why why can't I do this twice a day or everyday
@@p1dru2art You don't want to do intense interval type workouts every day because it doesn't give you a chance to recover. You make your gains in fitness during the recovery period, not during the intense workout. Your body repairs and strengthens itself during recovery. If you try doing intense workouts every day, all you will end up doing is wear your body down.
It's funny because kids instinctively exercise this way. Ask a child to exercise and they will go as fast as they can for a couple of minutes until they can no more.
Exactly! When I have my little boy exercise, he will run and jump like crazy for a short time and then stop. But he also seems to do this kind of stuff all day long, naturally.
This is honestly the selling factor on this method for me. It’s natural. I’ve been overweight for years, but really starting in junior high… about the time I stopped really playing
This video is awesome! Thank you so much! This is the best explanation of HIIT. I have incorporated HIIT to my routine along with fasting and sort of a Keto diet. I’m 44 and have never felt or looked better.
Thank you. I was a member of a HIIT focused gym for a couple of years. I would go on most days, a minimum of 3 times a week but usually more like 5 or 6 times a week. The thought was that all this exercise would lead to better health and most importantly, to feel great. Well I didn't feel great. I hated the workouts and I hated feeling sore and tired all the time. On the other hand if I don't work out, I feel tired in a different way. This left me throwing my hands up in the air and confused. Isn't there a better way to workout and get benefits without the over training? Your guidance is pretty much music to my ears. Along with other subjects of your channel, I'm finally seeing how one can live healthy without thinking of it as punishment or that I'm giving up pleasures in life in order to lessen the perils of aging.
The problem I see with this video is that he explains the first cycle to get to 70% max heart rate, rest, and then do 3 to 8 reps of this. But he's not telling us how long to rest (cool down) between reps. I'm wondering if it's when your heart rate lowers to what it was before you started, or a 1 minute rest?
Thank you for this and explaining everything so well. I've been doing some HIIT with a few things for about a week now and feel like I've accomplished a lot and feel great afterwards.
This was incredibly helpful, so grateful for you giving us the education and tools to understand and take control of our health with the correct knowledge❤
this is incredibly detailed. I am a lover of physiology and i have yet to see a video as clean and HIITing the points directly! Like. Saved. Subscribed. Commented. Shared.
21:12 TRUTH!!!! I have seen people who exercise so much and they get into various kinds of problems with their muscles or joints etc etc. I have a neighbour who's almost 100 and she and her husband do not exercise like a lot of their friends when younger. She told me the same thing and she and hubby are so healthy and fit. She loves walking around the neighbourhood. I guess I will listen to her LOL, she and hubby are almost 100.
I love HIIT. It's time efficient. I can get a nice micro workout in just less than 6 minutes. There are no gyms open during this pandemic (as of May 27, 2020) so there are no excuses for not getting and staying healthy.
I am going to the gym 3 times a week. This is my work out. 10 min of the stair climber for warm up. A complete body workout using machines and free weights. About 3 sets of 10 reps with burning in the last couple of reps. I then do the stair climber for 25 min with intervals of 2 min lower level 3 then one min of level 7. Heart rate starts about 115 up to about 145 beats. Sometimes in the low 150s. After that I swim 2 to 10 laps in the olympic size pool . I am doing keto to lose weight, help with my hypertension and control my type two diabetes. I often do this in the fasted state. I am also walking 2 to 3 times a week 2 to 5 miles. I guess I might be one of those fat fit persons. Although I have lost 50 lbs I need to lose another 35 lbs. I am age 66 and my resting heart rate is in the low to mid sixties. I try to have one day to two days rest between gym workouts. Is it ok to do this in the fasted state? Is this too severe for an old man like me? Retired now and I like the gym and hiking along with reading. Finally have time to pursue these hobbies.
I remember when I was younger, I was doing HIIT with weight, on my bicycle and also by swimming. Now I am trying to find the right way for shoulder/back/belly to recover from an injury to my shoulder and some back issues. So far it has given sore muscles and better feeling after some days.
i go maximum on my old kettler stationary bike which is 400 Watt. i do two intervals, a third one is not possible. with drinking sodium bicarbonate in water before the exercise, I can squeeze out a few extra seconds out of my legs before the leg muscles are burning out. that is now about 50 seconds. an additional important tip: this exercise triggers AMPK/PGC-1Alpha which lets the mitochondria grow. also some mitophagy is going on which is very healthy. but in that short time there is no mitochondrial fission going on. this is why you need to do low intensity training the next time. on low carb it also triggers the same AMPK/PGC-1Alpha signal but with low intensity the mitochondria are dividing into more mitochondria. the secret is doing HIIT and LISS alternating to grow and divide mitochondria! in the first two months the scale probably don't move much because while you lose a little bit of body fat you also gain muscle. but after the two months the increased amount of mitochondria is burning more body fat instead of glucose. you will notice that with reduced hunger. that makes you eat less. this is the secret of healthy weight loss: a huge amount of mitochondria (together with a low carb diet)
I run four flights of stairs in my building in 30 seconds, then walk to the other stairwell in 90 seconds then up and down again, 6x, about 20 minutes plus warm up and cool down. 1x week HR about 120 bpm. Age 67.👍💪
Thanks for the VDO. My experience is that a cross-trainer, with resistance, is actually the best way to do HIIT. You use your legs as well as your arms and you can based on your fitness level, increase the resistance. Further it is relatively friendly for your joints. The way I do it is as follows: 12 minutes warming-up than I increase the resistance and go 30 seconds full (really full) out. Then I decrease the resistance again and continue very slowly for 90 seconds (just after 60 seconds I am able to talk again). This cycle I repeat for 6 times.
@@drekberg Thanks for your feedback. I do monitor my heart rate and know exactly where my "heart rate turning point" is, i.e. going from an aerobic state to an anaerobic state. I know this based on a sport medical test, which I take every 2-3 years (I am taking this test for already more then 20 years. I am also 55 years). From this test I also know what my maximum heart rate is as well. I used to play sports (squash and field-hockey) at a national level until my 45 year. From of that age I switched to fitness and golf (and still doing snowboarding). Although my healthy lifestyle, during my whole live (primarily eating whole food, doing HIIT my whole live, never smoked, minimal alcohol usage (just occasionally), always a BMI
@Erik Janse It has been a long time, but have you consumed seed oils as a staple? That is the only thing I can conjure that has a great potential of leading to atherosclerosis. It is a dose-dependent poison.
I love 😍😍 doing squats! Leg Day is my favorite day!! I found a program that has you do fewer reps (slowly and carefully) with heavier weights a couple of years ago.
All out sprints hiit and Burpees is most demanding and beneficial forms of hiit. It's totally killing. I'm very fit endurance athlete, but doing 12x 200 m all out sprints is totally killer. Best workout ever.
Explained very well. I try and do HIIT everytime i exercise, whether its treadmill or a video workout. Never need to do more than 30 mins 3-5 times a week (dependant on how fit you want to be) and the benefits are off the scale IF you are consistant. At the moment im doing insanity max 30 from the beachbody franchise, it challenges you mentally and physically to limits you’ve never felt. The benefits i feel from post HIIT: 1) time 2) no need for gym equipment, or gym membership 3) endorphin high 4) confidence 5) feeling stronger 6) get leaner quicker The only issue is, these video programs with HIIT are usually 5 days a week and you are recommending 2-3 days. The program consists of 1st day cardio 2nd day strength 3rd day cardio 4th day strength and the 5th a mixture of both. Using a day on the weekend for a stretch routine. So you have saturday & sunday as recovery days essentially. Is this ok? Or should the program be done like this… Monday: cardio hiit Tuesday: rest / stretch / mobility Wednesday: strength hiit Thursday: rest / strech / mobility Friday: mix of strength & cardio hiit Saturday: rest / stretch / mobility Sunday: rest Some advice would be great and why.
i like to mix a really high intensity sprint to a medium to low.6 min of high,6-8 min of medium, 20 min of low.But for unfit people i love the naval rope its a great way to HIIT
I've been doing HIIT indoor cycling to the point of overtaining/underresting, that give me the central nervous system fatigue or adrenal fatigue where it keep me awake at night where my brain couldn't stop thinking of making comething creative which lead me to chronic sleep deprived and lastly give me a ruptured brain anueurysm - aka SAH. I post this in celebration of my 1 year still alive after the brain neuro vascular coiling.Cheers.
Hi Sten, honestly very well explained HiiT which I had been looking for. Anyhow I'm not young enough but go to gym regularly now and mostly using Treadmill and stationed cycle. I 2 months only lost 14kgs of belly fat which is not sufficient and I don't know whether I can really get benefit out of HiiT!
Another very good class, thank you! I introduced HIIT on my jogging some months ago and I´m doing better day by day. People needs to understand that it takes time, months I should say!
Thank you so much for this video. Well done and just the info I was looking for. Now I understand tabata more. Especially why the fact that the rest period being shorter than the exercise period makes it so much harder. Love your graph.
Thank you Alan Murray. I really appreciate your feedback and so glad that you liked it. The purpose of my channel is to explain things better than other channels and help people understand the principles. Comments like yours makes it all worthwhile.
Dr Ekberg, great video. Dr Berg says you need full recovery between each set of HIIT. Why? He claims that you can have a heart attack by not letting your heart fully recover to almost your resting heart rate. So, if you can clear this up it would be great. Older people and people out of shape may not be able to perform since arteries and / or heart condition not well known to them and possibly be negatively affected. Yes, start slow , but it seems safer by going as an example 45 sec., Walk - 5 minutes as an example ,then start again. Ok. I get lactic. Please send opinion since I am almost 66 and in good health. No high blood pressure. Work out moderately. Maybe do Dr Berg method to get built up enuf to challenge the body as you say and use your method if doctor gives a good clean bill of health. Thanks for your great videos and continued interest in health. To your Health . Cheers. Mike in Nashville, TN
Thank you Mike Peek. I think you are right. Always go easier to build up and make sure your body is responding well. With full recovery however you don't get all of the stair step benefit.
Fantastic information coming from a PRO ATHLETE Where are the other great athletes who can explain this scientifically? No one is there! As if they had been enchanted into their careers - Helt underbart förklarat!
Thank you Reverend Rusty. I really appreciate your feedback and so glad that you liked it. The purpose of my channel is to explain things better than other channels and help people understand the principles. Comments like yours makes it all worthwhile.
Great video! Has anyone experienced with an airbike? I use it quite regularly and I find that after an all out 30"sprint I need way more than a minute to recover enough so I can deliver similar power outputs on the intervals... I understand that the point is not to fully recover, I wonder however if the power one delivers on each set matters or is just about getting that heart rate up.... Cheers guys!
Dr. Ekberg, Thank you thank you 😊 you are a genius and very generous as well! You have hit all the points in such a simple way that we can understand! I have my health marching orders now to help me be in control of health, thanks to you.😀
Dear Dr Sten, You often repeat that the body is smart and doesn’t work ad random, but always with a purpose. I can confirm this after the experiences in a live as a GP for more than 40 years. I also can follow you if you consider chronic stress to be harmful with a favorite role for cortisol. But I am less convinced that cortisol could be harmful during high aerobic to anaerobic exercise. In my opinion it is also an appropriate physiological adaptation of our smart body to a short stress period supporting physiological activities which our ancesters had to perform every day. I can agree that this cortisol boost is an extra burden if there is already a chronic stress, but if this is not the case, a physiological response can only be beneficial and attribute to a new adaptation and a higher level of fitness. I experience that myself after an intensive run. The glycemia is around 100 after an intense run and a subsequent carbohydrate-rich diet is very well managed (after my run this afternoon my glycemia was 108 after a 90 g carb lunch despite the hormonal storm during the run (cortisol, insulin, glucagon, adrenaline, nordrenaline,….). I also never sustained an injury in 20 years. After the recovery of a few hours I frequently feel very relaxed physically and mentally and sometimes even (sub)euphorical . This sensation doesn’t emerge after a low aerobic effort. Runing at a higher heartbeat is so more fun! I want to emphasize that I always take 2 or 3 days of rest between 2 runs, if not you feel from the start the lack of recuperation and then will a new cortisolboost be harmful, no doubt about that. Now I give HIIT a chance, we see Thanks for your efforts to bring difficult stuff in a comprehensible manner
This is probably one of the most important videos anyone can watch! Excellent presentation Dr. Ekberg! I do have a question: What sort of heart rate monitor device do you use to track the time and heart rate so it can be easily seen? I have a watch, but I suspect it is not great at accuracy and I have to punch through several times to get to the heart rate setting to check it. I would like to be able to see something that is constantly monitoring the heart rate.
@ 15:50 great disclaimer Doc! I have lost 12lbs in 10 days and looking forward to some HIIT training after loosing another 12lbs. Thanks for the alternative to western meds!
I started on a KETO-diet this year. I have lost 16kg (32p) in 16 weeks and is still going. Seems to work quite well. This HIIT seems nice. I will try it as well.
Would be good to see a video about the ideal pattern for working at a desk. From the sounds of this and some other videos, walking on a treadmill at a standing desk the whole time would not be the optimal way.
Another informative video thank you Dr. Ekberg! I was happy to hear you talk about weight training. I love doing a full upper body once or twice a week. I have bad hips, discs and knees. From work related stress and a bad fall as a child. So I'm unable to work my lower body. But I do the best I can for my upper body to maintain some type of strength as im getting older. I don't go as heavy or as often as used to though. But still enjoy it!👍💪Thank You!
Dr Ekberg this video as the others are very informative and educational, thanks 🙏 I am 58 and lost 25 lbs in three years just by following smart advices from people like you. ❤️ Now I have my skin loose and need to build muscles. Do you have a private practice I could reach you for a consultation and maybe to design a plan for me, please? I am going to the gym 4xweek but jogging and running and I haven’t seen your HIIT advice until now😞thanks !
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Thank you Jeff Harmed. Yes absolutely. You can be T1D and be insulin resistant or sensitive. By eating low carb you will need less insulin. You just have to be very patient and careful in monitoring your BG levels and dial in the right amount of insulin. 😄
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Dr when we have to do HIIT, starting of workout or after sessions of weight training, goal is fat loss
Is there a particular time in the day that this works best?
Many thanks!
I'm going to start HIIT.
I really appreciate the _discipline_ aspect of working out every day, without missing. I am very reluctant to let go of that.
For a full recovery, I would love to program a couple of days of Hatha Yoga.
Is there a way to gauge whether I am getting *full recovery* ?
Quick question Dr. so the days I do not do HIIT do I walk taking it slow to recover, or do I completely do nothing to recover, or weights?
This excellent! I do a boxing/MMA HIIT once or twice a week (depending on what training cycle I'm in). So it looks like; a 3:min round doing proper punches (ie jab/cross, hook/hook, uppercuts/combos), then hit 30 seconds of burpees, another round, then v-ups for 30 seconds, another round, then squats with a squat jump every 3rd squat for 30 secs, i do this for 12 rounds. It's a smoker! HIIT is a great way to get a hard workout in when you only have about 45 minutes.
After more than 20 Dr Ekberg videos watched, I am now HIITing the like button at the beginning of the video just to make sure I don't forget.
Thank you Vladimir Ionescu. LOL HIITing the button. I love it. Very clever. I appreciate you becoming a member and having you as part of our Health Champion community.😄
This really works for lowering blood sugar. As I recall, muscles take in excessive sugar. Yesterday, My mother’s blood sugar was 211 when she woke up. I told her instead of taking the medication, exercise for a minute, and her blood sugar decreased to 191. She continued exercise and she reached 164.
Thanks Dr. Ekberg. This is a great way to lower blood sugar.
This is pretty dangerous, my friend...
@@Prof.SchulzeSternberg Thanks for commenting. Yup you're right, but she didn't stop the medication. Just post poned it 40 min. We had to experiment if she could lower her blood sugar. Because sometimes she gets spikes in the day even though she took her medication, and it's not safe to take it again if she gets spikes. Now we know exercising will help lowering blood sugar. I hope anyone reading comments benefit from them. I know I do. 😀
I forget that Dr Sten is a former olympian decathlete, so it's hard to argue against him when it comes to fitness! Thanks Dr!
This is the best explanation of HIIT I have viewed! It makes sense and I plan to incorporate it into my fitness routine. The mini-sets with short breaks in-between that allow you to reach your max heart rate is the most intriguing part of your presentation. As a 61 year-old who is an avid exerciser and has lost 40 pounds in the last year through intermittent fasting and a Keto lifestyle, I feel this is the next step I need to take. FYI, I already have a chest strap heart rate monitor & a fitness app that graphs my heart rate in real-time which I watch on IPad. I plan to try this with my Kettlebells and spin bike.
My ultimate goal is to achieve a health and fitness level that I possessed 40 years ago. A year ago this is something I thought would be impossible to achieve! Not anymore, thanks to you and others who have opened my eyes 👀 🙏🏾!
Thank you Kevin Willis. I really appreciate your feedback and so glad that you liked it. The purpose of my channel is to explain things better than other channels and help people understand the principles. Comments like yours makes it all worthwhile.
How u doing a year later Kevin? I'm not far behind you at 57 with somewhat similar goals.
@@drekberg how is your routine going?
"Some people believe that burning calories is also a benefit" - That was epic! :)
Oh, man. Where were you when I, as a 49 year old, IR, overweight woman, thought it was a good plan to join Orange Theory??? I knew that torture chamber of a class was actually working against me! I have been watching your videos all day. I've been LCHF/Keto and fasting for 2.5 years. 45 pounds off, but stalled for the last 1.5 years and looking for answers through Fung, DeLauer, Attia, Ramos, etc. YOUR videos have connected the dots for me in ways that the others haven't. I am truly appreciative of your education!!!
If it can't be explained on a whiteboard, one really doesn't understand it. Dr. Sten, in a league of his own, great job!
Thank You CPIZZI. I'm so glad you found it valuable and I appreciate the feedback. 😄
Perfect timing, just finished my HIIT on a spin bike YOUR way. Much less strenuous but still feels like a good workout.
Thank you Pia Maheras. I really appreciate your feedback and so glad that you liked it.
I also do the same on a stationary bike and even have a video up on my channel.
The most important thing about exercise is .... to start. Even if its once a week for 5 minutes if that's all you can do. Spot on about HIIT. I still do normal cardio as well, but you can do HIIT with any exercise. I rotate HIIT (different days) with rowing, swimming, elliptical and bike, but only do 4 repeats. I work out most days so I don't want to over stress any particular group. I have a friend (64years old) and he has rowed daily for 50 years and was an elite athlete. He rows at my max HIIT rate for 1 hour and barely breaks into a sweat.
Superb.....Will adjust my HIIT regime. Was a treadmill warm up of 270 seconds. Platform set at 2%. 8 intervals at 30 seconds each at 8.8 mph. 90 second intervals. Will reduce the intervals to 60 seconds. Great video. I continue to learn.
This was SUCH a helpful video! I hear people talking about HIIT but no one actually explains in detail how to do it, particularly for different fitness levels. Thank you!
I had to unlearn what I learnt from other channels the past couple of days after watching Dr Ekberg’s Aerobic and Anaerobic (HIIT) videos.
Thank you for FULL CLARITY. And now I can adjust my workouts accordingly and not think I have to workout 6-7 days of the week. That attitude was such a defeatist mentality and now I look forward to a healthier mind and body. (You, Dr. Joel Fuhrman and Dr. Berg rock.)
I'd love to have this man as a brother! Dr Sten you're awesome! Your advice is always spot on, to the point and so easy to understand.
And you're so modest as an olympian! A 177 heart rate at 55yrs old is incredible! You have the cardiovascular system of a fit 43yr old! I'm 57 with a max HR of 159! 😩 Working on it again now though with your dietary and fitness advice. Thank you for all your work on here.
Lol.. I just caught the automated subtitles at 17:47.. "If you can do squats safely.. maybe in Iraq!" That made me bust up! I can think of safer places. 🤣 🤣
Like no other Dr. , Doctor Ekberg is the best ,who would take their time to explain so well until we get the point 🥺 .my goodness.Thanks doctor.
I've been incorporating HIIT into my routine and it definitely boosts my metabolism. It's amazing how much of a difference it makes.
Thanks again for a highly educational video. It reminded me when I took my nephews for a jog. They would sprint ahead of me racing each other, then walk, then sprint then walk, while I jogged staying at a steady pace. I would tell them to jog at a steady pace to last the two miles circuit. But, I guess I was wrong all this time!
Thank you Rob H. Kids, dogs and monkeys have it right. (I watched the monkeys at a zoo once.) They know how to play. When they are tired they stop. That's called interval training.😄
Thanks for your comprehensive video on HIIT. What is great about HIIT is you can incorporate into your daily routine. No gym or special clothes required! For example I bike to the market. So in the first 5 minutes I warm up my body. I then park the bike at a pedestrian overpass and quickly climb the stairs. I can walk back down and re climb or I can walk briskly to the market. All the time I am walking. When I return home I climb the stairs but with a backpack with groceries. I then sprint on the bicycle on my way home. Fantastic!
Thank you CJ F. You got it. Make it seamless
Hi Dr. Sten - I'm a big fan. I am trying HIIT using a weighted jump rope. I'm an old lady and it makes me feel young again. I love your videos. Thanks so much.
Doctor, that was a fantastic explanation! Many thanks for the clarity and truth! Over the past few months I’ve really benefited from your information. Can’t wait to try HIIT. Thanks again!
My current HIIT workout on my bicycle is a 5 minute warm up, then 7 intervals of 30 seconds intense, then 60 seconds recovery, till I get to 7, with a 1 minute cool down before I stop. I do this 3 times a week, with recovery in between each workout. I was a bike racer for over 25 years, so this is what I gravitate to.
I should probably start doing that warm-up idea
This is similar to what I'm attempting on my stationary bike. And I know where you're coming from with the three times a week that's like every other day. But I can't remember why why can't I do this twice a day or everyday
@@p1dru2art You don't want to do intense interval type workouts every day because it doesn't give you a chance to recover. You make your gains in fitness during the recovery period, not during the intense workout. Your body repairs and strengthens itself during recovery. If you try doing intense workouts every day, all you will end up doing is wear your body down.
It's funny because kids instinctively exercise this way. Ask a child to exercise and they will go as fast as they can for a couple of minutes until they can no more.
Exactly! When I have my little boy exercise, he will run and jump like crazy for a short time and then stop. But he also seems to do this kind of stuff all day long, naturally.
This is honestly the selling factor on this method for me. It’s natural. I’ve been overweight for years, but really starting in junior high… about the time I stopped really playing
And dogs
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This video is awesome! Thank you so much! This is the best explanation of HIIT. I have incorporated HIIT to my routine along with fasting and sort of a Keto diet. I’m 44 and have never felt or looked better.
Thank you. I was a member of a HIIT focused gym for a couple of years. I would go on most days, a minimum of 3 times a week but usually more like 5 or 6 times a week. The thought was that all this exercise would lead to better health and most importantly, to feel great. Well I didn't feel great. I hated the workouts and I hated feeling sore and tired all the time. On the other hand if I don't work out, I feel tired in a different way. This left me throwing my hands up in the air and confused. Isn't there a better way to workout and get benefits without the over training? Your guidance is pretty much music to my ears. Along with other subjects of your channel, I'm finally seeing how one can live healthy without thinking of it as punishment or that I'm giving up pleasures in life in order to lessen the perils of aging.
The problem I see with this video is that he explains the first cycle to get to 70% max heart rate, rest, and then do 3 to 8 reps of this. But he's not telling us how long to rest (cool down) between reps. I'm wondering if it's when your heart rate lowers to what it was before you started, or a 1 minute rest?
" Hey don't beat yourself up, Jutst Do something about it"
That's great advice
I got me a small trampoline, but I've been doing it wrong. I finally understand this . Thank you so much!
Thank you for this and explaining everything so well. I've been doing some HIIT with a few things for about a week now and feel like I've accomplished a lot and feel great afterwards.
This was incredibly helpful, so grateful for you giving us the education and tools to understand and take control of our health with the correct knowledge❤
Hands down the best info on HIIT I've come across anywhere! Thank you :-)
this is incredibly detailed. I am a lover of physiology and i have yet to see a video as clean and HIITing the points directly! Like. Saved. Subscribed. Commented. Shared.
21:12 TRUTH!!!! I have seen people who exercise so much and they get into various kinds of problems with their muscles or joints etc etc. I have a neighbour who's almost 100 and she and her husband do not exercise like a lot of their friends when younger. She told me the same thing and she and hubby are so healthy and fit. She loves walking around the neighbourhood. I guess I will listen to her LOL, she and hubby are almost 100.
Hi dr Ekberg, i just wanted you know tha i voted you as one of the most keto you tuber and you're on the no 10 spot! Greetings from dubai!
Thank you jumanji Ruiz. I appreciate it. My rank is climbing🙏😀
So informative! All those wrong 30 minute long HIIT TH-cam video’s debunked at once! Thanks a lot!
Thank you Dr. Ekberg for your wisdom and experience. You always pass along the best knowledge and information for me to make the right decisions.
I love HIIT. It's time efficient. I can get a nice micro workout in just less than 6 minutes. There are no gyms open during this pandemic (as of May 27, 2020) so there are no excuses for not getting and staying healthy.
Walking is best as its something you can do everyday for the rest of your life.
I am going to the gym 3 times a week. This is my work out. 10 min of the stair climber for warm up. A complete body workout using machines and free weights. About 3 sets of 10 reps with burning in the last couple of reps. I then do the stair climber for 25 min with intervals of 2 min lower level 3 then one min of level 7. Heart rate starts about 115 up to about 145 beats. Sometimes in the low 150s. After that I swim 2 to 10 laps in the olympic size pool . I am doing keto to lose weight, help with my hypertension and control my type two diabetes. I often do this in the fasted state. I am also walking 2 to 3 times a week 2 to 5 miles. I guess I might be one of those fat fit persons. Although I have lost 50 lbs I need to lose another 35 lbs. I am age 66 and my resting heart rate is in the low to mid sixties. I try to have one day to two days rest between gym workouts. Is it ok to do this in the fasted state? Is this too severe for an old man like me? Retired now and I like the gym and hiking along with reading. Finally have time to pursue these hobbies.
I remember when I was younger, I was doing HIIT with weight, on my bicycle and also by swimming. Now I am trying to find the right way for shoulder/back/belly to recover from an injury to my shoulder and some back issues. So far it has given sore muscles and better feeling after some days.
Thank you! I started watching your videos! I love how you teach everyone!!
Brilliant! Thanks so much. A clear, comprehensive and thorough explanation. Covers a lot that others don't. Great (as usual!!).
Love how detailed your explanation is
HIIT w dumbells is great for older guys. Everything he said is my experience. I am 64 and 10% body fat.
When I feel that heart beating really fast that's when I know I'm getting what I want accomplished.
Thank you Dr Sten Ekberg. You have just inspired me to go to the gym today and follow your advice.
you are the best explaining coach! I am getting a better body and health because of you, thank you very much!
i go maximum on my old kettler stationary bike which is 400 Watt. i do two intervals, a third one is not possible. with drinking sodium bicarbonate in water before the exercise, I can squeeze out a few extra seconds out of my legs before the leg muscles are burning out. that is now about 50 seconds.
an additional important tip: this exercise triggers AMPK/PGC-1Alpha which lets the mitochondria grow. also some mitophagy is going on which is very healthy. but in that short time there is no mitochondrial fission going on. this is why you need to do low intensity training the next time. on low carb it also triggers the same AMPK/PGC-1Alpha signal but with low intensity the mitochondria are dividing into more mitochondria. the secret is doing HIIT and LISS alternating to grow and divide mitochondria!
in the first two months the scale probably don't move much because while you lose a little bit of body fat you also gain muscle. but after the two months the increased amount of mitochondria is burning more body fat instead of glucose. you will notice that with reduced hunger. that makes you eat less.
this is the secret of healthy weight loss: a huge amount of mitochondria (together with a low carb diet)
I run four flights of stairs in my building in 30 seconds, then walk to the other stairwell in 90 seconds then up and down again, 6x, about 20 minutes plus warm up and cool down. 1x week HR about 120 bpm. Age 67.👍💪
Thanks for the VDO. My experience is that a cross-trainer, with resistance, is actually the best way to do HIIT. You use your legs as well as your arms and you can based on your fitness level, increase the resistance. Further it is relatively friendly for your joints. The way I do it is as follows: 12 minutes warming-up than I increase the resistance and go 30 seconds full (really full) out. Then I decrease the resistance again and continue very slowly for 90 seconds (just after 60 seconds I am able to talk again). This cycle I repeat for 6 times.
Thank you Erik Janse. Sounds great. Monitor heart rate.
@@drekberg Thanks for your feedback. I do monitor my heart rate and know exactly where my "heart rate turning point" is, i.e. going from an aerobic state to an anaerobic state. I know this based on a sport medical test, which I take every 2-3 years (I am taking this test for already more then 20 years. I am also 55 years). From this test I also know what my maximum heart rate is as well. I used to play sports (squash and field-hockey) at a national level until my 45 year. From of that age I switched to fitness and golf (and still doing snowboarding). Although my healthy lifestyle, during my whole live (primarily eating whole food, doing HIIT my whole live, never smoked, minimal alcohol usage (just occasionally), always a BMI
@Erik Janse It has been a long time, but have you consumed seed oils as a staple? That is the only thing I can conjure that has a great potential of leading to atherosclerosis. It is a dose-dependent poison.
I love 😍😍 doing squats! Leg Day is my favorite day!! I found a program that has you do fewer reps (slowly and carefully) with heavier weights a couple of years ago.
Thank you Claire Sanders.
All out sprints hiit and Burpees is most demanding and beneficial forms of hiit. It's totally killing. I'm very fit endurance athlete, but doing 12x 200 m all out sprints is totally killer.
Best workout ever.
He is peaceful ,calm ,THE VOICE 🏆🦋.
Explained very well. I try and do HIIT everytime i exercise, whether its treadmill or a video workout. Never need to do more than 30 mins 3-5 times a week (dependant on how fit you want to be) and the benefits are off the scale IF you are consistant.
At the moment im doing insanity max 30 from the beachbody franchise, it challenges you mentally and physically to limits you’ve never felt.
The benefits i feel from post HIIT:
1) time
2) no need for gym equipment, or gym membership
3) endorphin high
4) confidence
5) feeling stronger
6) get leaner quicker
The only issue is, these video programs with HIIT are usually 5 days a week and you are recommending 2-3 days.
The program consists of 1st day cardio 2nd day strength 3rd day cardio 4th day strength and the 5th a mixture of both.
Using a day on the weekend for a stretch routine. So you have saturday & sunday as recovery days essentially. Is this ok? Or should the program be done like this…
Monday: cardio hiit
Tuesday: rest / stretch / mobility
Wednesday: strength hiit
Thursday: rest / strech / mobility
Friday: mix of strength & cardio hiit
Saturday: rest / stretch / mobility
Sunday: rest
Some advice would be great and why.
Well, I watched it, yes, I was right, it's not what I would call hiit - something that you can do for no more than a minute. Looks like aerobics.
i like to mix a really high intensity sprint to a medium to low.6 min of high,6-8 min of medium, 20 min of low.But for unfit people i love the naval rope its a great way to HIIT
Thank you Dr. Sten Ekberg for all informations
Congrats Dr. Ekberg. Excellent information. Thank you very much.
I've been doing HIIT indoor cycling to the point of overtaining/underresting, that give me the central nervous system fatigue or adrenal fatigue where it keep me awake at night where my brain couldn't stop thinking of making comething creative which lead me to chronic sleep deprived and lastly give me a ruptured brain anueurysm - aka SAH.
I post this in celebration of my 1 year still alive after the brain neuro vascular coiling.Cheers.
Thank you for what you do! I truly appreciate your videos and benefit from them!!
Hi Sten, honestly very well explained HiiT which I had been looking for. Anyhow I'm not young enough but go to gym regularly now and mostly using Treadmill and stationed cycle. I 2 months only lost 14kgs of belly fat which is not sufficient and I don't know whether I can really get benefit out of HiiT!
Another very good class, thank you! I introduced HIIT on my jogging some months ago and I´m doing better day by day. People needs to understand that it takes time, months I should say!
Thank you Wagner Lopes.
Thank you so much for this video. Well done and just the info I was looking for. Now I understand tabata more. Especially why the fact that the rest period being shorter than the exercise period makes it so much harder. Love your graph.
Thank you Alan Murray. I really appreciate your feedback and so glad that you liked it. The purpose of my channel is to explain things better than other channels and help people understand the principles. Comments like yours makes it all worthwhile.
Dr Ekberg, great video. Dr Berg says you need full recovery between each set of HIIT. Why? He claims that you can have a heart attack by not letting your heart fully recover to almost your resting heart rate. So, if you can clear this up it would be great. Older people and people out of shape may not be able to perform since arteries and / or heart condition not well known to them and possibly be negatively affected. Yes, start slow , but it seems safer by going as an example 45 sec., Walk - 5 minutes as an example ,then start again. Ok. I get lactic. Please send opinion since I am almost 66 and in good health. No high blood pressure. Work out moderately.
Maybe do Dr Berg method to get built up enuf to challenge the body as you say and use your method if doctor gives a good clean bill of health. Thanks for your great videos and continued interest in health. To your Health . Cheers. Mike in Nashville, TN
Thank you Mike Peek. I think you are right. Always go easier to build up and make sure your body is responding well. With full recovery however you don't get all of the stair step benefit.
Love this video thank you for explaining this so well!!!
I use martial arts for my HIIT. Nothing kills me for those few seconds (40 sec) like kick/ punch repetitions. Sets my muscles on fire.
Can you take me as your punching bag??? 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
Fantastic
information coming from a PRO ATHLETE Where are the other great athletes who can explain this scientifically? No one is there! As if they had been enchanted into their careers - Helt underbart förklarat!
This explains why when I used to play basketball i was in such good shape haha
Another wonderful explanation from the best health advisor on the internet. I do tabata on my rebounder for a double whammy.
Great! Because of my age I have been trying to understand this better so I can incorporate it into my exercise system.
Elliptical trainer is excellent for HIIT. Thanks for the excellent explanation. I'm 61 and do HIIT 2x per week.
Thank you Reverend Rusty. I really appreciate your feedback and so glad that you liked it. The purpose of my channel is to explain things better than other channels and help people understand the principles. Comments like yours makes it all worthwhile.
I like the elliptical also, 152 steps a minute for 30 minutes,heart rate average of 155 a minute. I think I'll do this.
Three times a week
I do core legs,then upper body before
Before the pandemic, I was doing 30 minutes,165 steps,140 heart rate for 30 minutes
I'm continuously clicking to see your videos, one after another,
that I forget to hit the thums up button!
I really enjoy your simple but detailed knowledge HIIT. Many thanks Dr. Ekberg. GBU
Great video!
Has anyone experienced with an airbike? I use it quite regularly and I find that after an all out 30"sprint I need way more than a minute to recover enough so I can deliver similar power outputs on the intervals...
I understand that the point is not to fully recover, I wonder however if the power one delivers on each set matters or is just about getting that heart rate up....
Cheers guys!
Thanks Doc, you are a blessing to mankind!
I love this man .. thank you so much.. 💜
Another educating and motivating video. No HIT for me today, because of a fall feverish cold. :-(
Dr. Ekberg,
Thank you thank you 😊 you are a genius and very generous as well! You have hit all the points in such a simple way that we can understand! I have my health marching orders now to help me be in control of health, thanks to you.😀
You are welcome Twana Dessasau.
Please make a video on what you think of the ReHIIT protocol suggested by Dave Asprey. Thank 🙏
Dear Dr Sten,
You often repeat that the body is smart and doesn’t work ad random, but always with a purpose. I can confirm this after the experiences in a live as a GP for more than 40 years. I also can follow you if you consider chronic stress to be harmful with a favorite role for cortisol. But I am less convinced that cortisol could be harmful during high aerobic to anaerobic exercise. In my opinion it is also an appropriate physiological adaptation of our smart body to a short stress period supporting physiological activities which our ancesters had to perform every day. I can agree that this cortisol boost is an extra burden if there is already a chronic stress, but if this is not the case, a physiological response can only be beneficial and attribute to a new adaptation and a higher level of fitness. I experience that myself after an intensive run. The glycemia is around 100 after an intense run and a subsequent carbohydrate-rich diet is very well managed (after my run this afternoon my glycemia was 108 after a 90 g carb lunch despite the hormonal storm during the run (cortisol, insulin, glucagon, adrenaline, nordrenaline,….). I also never sustained an injury in 20 years. After the recovery of a few hours I frequently feel very relaxed physically and mentally and sometimes even (sub)euphorical . This sensation doesn’t emerge after a low aerobic effort. Runing at a higher heartbeat is so more fun! I want to emphasize that I always take 2 or 3 days of rest between 2 runs, if not you feel from the start the lack of recuperation and then will a new cortisolboost be harmful, no doubt about that.
Now I give HIIT a chance, we see
Thanks for your efforts to bring difficult stuff in a comprehensible manner
This is just so good! Thank you 😊
Thank You Nicky Pasquier. I'm so glad you liked it and I appreciate the feedback. 😄
This is probably one of the most important videos anyone can watch! Excellent presentation Dr. Ekberg! I do have a question: What sort of heart rate monitor device do you use to track the time and heart rate so it can be easily seen? I have a watch, but I suspect it is not great at accuracy and I have to punch through several times to get to the heart rate setting to check it. I would like to be able to see something that is constantly monitoring the heart rate.
@ 15:50 great disclaimer Doc! I have lost 12lbs in 10 days and looking forward to some HIIT training after loosing another 12lbs. Thanks for the alternative
to western meds!
thank you so much, im just starting and really find your explanations very helpful
I started on a KETO-diet this year. I have lost 16kg (32p) in 16 weeks and is still going. Seems to work quite well. This HIIT seems nice. I will try it as well.
Amazing video. Thank you so much. I loved this.
Would be good to see a video about the ideal pattern for working at a desk. From the sounds of this and some other videos, walking on a treadmill at a standing desk the whole time would not be the optimal way.
This is my favorite video on the hit with the sine wave graph
Excellent analysis, perhaps, all you need to know on HIIT science
Another informative video thank you Dr. Ekberg! I was happy to hear you talk about weight training. I love doing a full upper body once or twice a week. I have bad hips, discs and knees. From work related stress and a bad fall as a child. So I'm unable to work my lower body. But I do the best I can for my upper body to maintain some type of strength as im getting older. I don't go as heavy or as often as used to though. But still enjoy it!👍💪Thank You!
Thank you Trifive garage. I really appreciate your feedback and so glad that you liked it.
Best explanation I've seen in HIIT. Thanks very much.
Dr. Ekberg, can we do weight training or low intensity cardio between the hiit days? I'm not sure what you mean by complete rest. Thank you 🙏
this was so amazing! I learned a lot!! thank you for this video!
"i would never recommend anyone to sprint downhill because thats just asking for trouble" hahahahahaha definitely gonna try this.
Excellent 👍
Cannot wait to try it tomorrow!
AMAZING explanation of the HIIT process!! thank you!!! 🤗
Thank you! Excellent presentation!!!
Dr Ekberg this video as the others are very informative and educational, thanks 🙏 I am 58 and lost 25 lbs in three years just by following smart advices from people like you. ❤️ Now I have my skin loose and need to build muscles. Do you have a private practice I could reach you for a consultation and maybe to design a plan for me, please? I am going to the gym 4xweek but jogging and running and I haven’t seen your HIIT advice until now😞thanks !
Thanks for putting lot of efforts in making these videos.
Thank you Sachithanandam Karthikselvan. I really appreciate your feedback and so glad you liked it. The greatest compliment you can give is to help us help more people by sharing the videos.
@@drekberg I will share your videos as much as possible.
Weights and walks plus HIIT should keep me going strong. Weights for strong core and joints , walks for fat burning and HIIT for fitness.
Why we need to maintain a lactic acid during Hiit exercise and how it helps to us what is mechanism?
Totally sold on your ideas. Immediate question that comes to mind is can diabetes 1 sufferers benefit from the keto diet?
Thank you Jeff Harmed. Yes absolutely. You can be T1D and be insulin resistant or sensitive. By eating low carb you will need less insulin. You just have to be very patient and careful in monitoring your BG levels and dial in the right amount of insulin. 😄