Longer Recovery Periods in HIIT increase power
Scientists found that longer recovery periods (30 sec compared to 10 sec) while doing High Intensity Interval Training cardio help increase the power and decrease the fatigue. The study was published in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. The group of athletes, who performed the cardio with the short recovery periods didn’t allow for their heart rate to go down and this made their cardio workout more like an endurance workout. So, if you are for the endurance you know what to pick. But if you are interested in increasing power then HIIT with longer recovery periods is the way to go.
posted by Ivan Nikolov - The secrets of Natural Bodybuilding @ 6:27 PM
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Okay, so you're saying that longer recovery time increases your power and by power that means strength? For endurance you're saying to do shorter recovery time? I think I need shorter recovery time so that I can keep the level of my endurance up and improve it as well. I think I know what you're saying though because when I do HIIT and do recovery time for 1 min. it makes it seem harder than when I do shorter recovery time.
Power is the length of time it takes you to move certain weight from A to B. Power and strength are not the same thing (as you know). Further, doing 10 min of recovery periods will not cause a significant drop in your heart rate making the HIIT cardio more like regular cardio as I said. So, you are safe with 30 sec to 1min 30sec recovery periods. I recommend 1min but you should definitely cycle the recovery times so your body doesn’t adapt.
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