Your all-out effort makes all the difference.

HIIT is one kind, and the others includefartlekandTabata(though it isa form of HIIT).

But not all interval training is HIIT.

Thats actually a form of fartlek training, according to Will.

True HIIT is uncomfortable.

It requires your nothing-held-back, lay-it-all-out maximal effort on a bike or run for typically 6 to 15 seconds.

You have a number of different ways to set your work-to-rest ratio.

For example, you’re free to do 10 seconds of an all-out sprint and rest 50 seconds.

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