Other HIIT options?

[asdfpji]

Besides sprints, would med ball slams, jump rope be appropriate to use as HIIT in the beginner template? If not what are some other options?

[Leah Lutz]

We suggest HIIT using a bike or rower as well. Jumping rope is fine if that's one of your best options. I would not suggest the med ball slams at this time.

[mbasic]

Besides sprints, would med ball slams, jump rope be appropriate to use as HIIT in the beginner template? If not what are some other options?

Curious, why the hate for med ball slams?
I wouldn't do them as my sole and only method of HIIT, but he said the 'sprints' there ..... sprints [or your other suggestions] AND med-ball slams don't sound horrible.

Besides sprints, would med ball slams, jump rope be appropriate to use as HIIT in the beginner template? If not what are some other options?

Just my 0.02$. I think if you are stuck with sprints (don't have access to a bike or rower appartatus), HILL sprints are better than flat ground full-out sprints.
I've blown some stuff up doing flat ground full balls out sprints.
Never had a problem with hill sprints....the incline slowing things down, and the action of stepping up seems to attenuate things.

[Leah Lutz]

I don't hate them or I would have been more forceful and said something like that. :-) Do I think they are a great choice for a beginner needing some HIIT, not usually, but they can be used. A lot of beginners struggle to actually do something close to HIIT with the slams. You know that we're really not that dogmatic about most things, Mbasic. So I offered other ideas.