CNS / HIIT / Basketball

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January 14, 2013 at 12:53 am #6161

vandelay87
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Hi all, I'm wanting to get back into my weekly pickup basketball game. It's very early AM and about an hour. Anyone see any issues with this as acceptable HIIT?Sent from my SGH-T769 using Tapatalk 2

January 14, 2013 at 2:34 am #135304

Richard Schmitt
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It's fine, but wouldn't consider it HIIT

January 14, 2013 at 5:44 am #135305

Robert Gray
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I would say that it depends on how hard you play basketball. I consider my morning kickboxing classes to be a form of HIIT because I train and spar like my bigger, stronger, faster, smarter evil twin is planning to kill me.

January 16, 2013 at 5:33 pm #135306

Big_R
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Hi all, I'm wanting to get back into my weekly pickup basketball game. It's very early AM and about an hour. Anyone see any issues with this as acceptable HIIT?Sent from my SGH-T769 using Tapatalk 2

I played basketball for many years.... half-court and full court make a big difference. Your best bet might be to sub out every 5 or 10 minutes for an extended break, if your primary focus was CNS-appropriate-HIT and not excelling at basketball itself! just a few thoughts i had
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