If one experiences more enjoyment and success at anaerobic/sprint type exercise compared to aerobic endurance exercise…
-could that performed throughout life and still have good general health outcomes?
(or is some lower intensity endurance work necessary?)
-goal of 75 minutes of vigorous per week per activity guidelines…
-could that be 75 total minutes of anaerobic intervals and sprints?
(across different modalities)
-limited to only 3 "hard" days to align with "high-low"/"hard- easy" day programming
philosophy? (or like endurance 80/20 philosophy with 2-3 intensity days)
-or could vigorous be spread over 4-6 days per week as long as fatigue is
managed?
Thank you
Hey Kilo,
Happy New Year!
I do think some more moderate intensity work (for more volume) would be needed to maximize benefits from exercise on health. That said, you could do 75-minutes of HIIT and SIIT(sprint intensity interval training) and get a lot of benefit from it. I don’t think people should do that much sprint work generally speaking. Ideally, people should be exposed to all intensities, though not in the same proportions of course.
-Jordan
Happy New Year to you as well and thank you for all the BBM content over the years.
Could the 75 minutes be spread out over 4-6 days per week or would 3 days be better to have off/easy days for fatigue management?
I think they’re about the same with respect to fatigue, but probably better for health if condensed into ~ 3 sessions, as I would predict a greater response in cardiorespiratory fitness.