HIIT is not necessarily going to work for EVERYONE 🤯 - especially if you are already training quite a bit!

Rune wants you to understand that a lot of HIIT studies and data points have lacked a “load” matched comparison; thus it is uncertain whether HIIT’s effects are down to simply “training with higher load” (or something, because often “total work” or time has been used for matching - but that ain’t enough!). It goes so far that it may be that some individuals might ONLY need a couple of WEEKS during their tapering phase to get enough high level HIIT in.

In the 78th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul and Rune discuss:

⛷️ EVERYTHING that is current cutting-edge in cross-country skiing;

🤔 How HIIT is unlikely to be the “be all and end all” workout type (Yes, we are STILL HIIT SCIENCE! 😂);

😎 What to do with “underperformance” and/or overtraining?

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Today’s speakers:

Prof. Paul Laursen https://www.paullaursen.com/ 

Dr. Rune Talsnes https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rune-Talsnes 

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References:

Rune’s twitter:

https://twitter.com/RuneTalsnes 

Load increases with HIIT or not:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34611057/ 

Training with cross-country skiing:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35130512/

Return from underperformance:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36699686/