HIIT running intensity and recovery

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I was reading the HIIT by Thibaudeau

http://www.T-Nation.com/findArticle.do?article=251run2

Are the sprints at 100% effort? cause doing sprints for 70 seconds at 100% effort is crazy! But is that how it is performed? I find myself pretty much dead after like 15 sec.

Also, anyone have trouble with hamstring soreness after a HIIT? I find it hard for my hamstrings to recover fast enough after HIIT. usually will be sore for few days after that, I don’t know how i’m suppose to perform 3x HIIT a week with hamstrings constantly being sore and without taking supplements like Surge.

Thanks

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[quote]Nguyenm wrote:
I was reading the HIIT by Thibaudeau

http://www.T-Nation.com/findArticle.do?article=251run2

Are the sprints at 100% effort? cause doing sprints for 70 seconds at 100% effort is crazy! But is that how it is performed? I find myself pretty much dead after like 15 sec.

Also, anyone have trouble with hamstring soreness after a HIIT? I find it hard for my hamstrings to recover fast enough after HIIT. usually will be sore for few days after that, I don’t know how i’m suppose to perform 3x HIIT a week with hamstrings constantly being sore and without taking supplements like Surge.

Thanks[/quote]

You know that HIIT doesn’t have to involve running right? High Intensity Interval Training. Not High Intensity Sprint Training.
I hate running, it leaves my knees and ankles feeling like shit, so I don’t run. I row, I box, I do medicine ball drills etc.