Comment by fsloth
3 hours ago
"hiit also causes a lot of damage in a lot of ways"
Oh! I didn't know about this. Are there any references you could quote?
3 hours ago
"hiit also causes a lot of damage in a lot of ways"
Oh! I didn't know about this. Are there any references you could quote?
Just ask the orthopedists down the street from any CrossFit box.
Or their journal articles.
I don't think this is helpful. Crossfit appears to prioritize speed and # of reps above all else, and is notorious for people doing difficult exercises with terrible form to try to hit those targets. HIIT certainly emphasises intensity of effort and prefers relatively short rest periods between sets, but not at the expense of proper form. eg when I think of cross-fit weight training or callisthenics I think of lots of snatching and jerking, with HIIT I think of moving slowly with form and trying to hold tension at the apex of the movement.
Hiit training can use any type of exercise that allows quick change of pace. Hiit ala tabat is just cycling.
Crossfit afaik is a more complex affair than just cycling.
So is the risk of injury due to specific movement or the interval quality of the movement?