[quote]sam_sneed wrote:
I might be wrong but I’ve always thought the pro guys ,like Ronnie Coleman in his videos, preferred steady state cardio because of their size. I mean, there’s a big difference in the stress joints when you’re sprinting at 300 lbs as compared to 200. When I went from 190 to 240 I definitely noticed it. Perhaps HIT is more effective for lighter guys than heavier? I mean, I’m sure a 300 lb guys going to get more out of walking 2 miles than a 150 lb guy.[/quote]
Yeah, this is my general line of thinking. Just like as big guys get bigger, it’s not uncommon for them to make the transition to more machine work and isolation work, to save the joints…doesn’t mean that’s how they GOT to that point.
[quote]hungry4more wrote:
[quote]sam_sneed wrote:
I might be wrong but I’ve always thought the pro guys ,like Ronnie Coleman in his videos, preferred steady state cardio because of their size. I mean, there’s a big difference in the stress joints when you’re sprinting at 300 lbs as compared to 200. When I went from 190 to 240 I definitely noticed it. Perhaps HIT is more effective for lighter guys than heavier? I mean, I’m sure a 300 lb guys going to get more out of walking 2 miles than a 150 lb guy.[/quote]
Yeah, this is my general line of thinking. Just like as big guys get bigger, it’s not uncommon for them to make the transition to more machine work and isolation work, to save the joints…doesn’t mean that’s how they GOT to that point. [/quote]
This is why it’s not a good idea to sprint more than once/twice per week when doing HIIT. Better idea to alternate it with a low impact exercise (e.g. sprinting one session, cycling/rowing the next).
Plus, if you do HIIT, it’s usually for quick and more thorough fat loss, so in a phase like this, you would reduce intensity/volume for weight lifting and focus more on maintenance/small improvements in the weight room.
OP, at the end of the day if you’ve found what works best for YOUR body, that’s really all that should matter to you, regardless of what a trainer, or anybody else for that matter thinks is “best”.
Casey…