WHY do people FALSELY believe sprints are best for fat loss?!
Question: I love how they always cite the Tabata study (20 second sprints 10 seconds off)
If they actually LOOKED at the Tabata Study in the journal Metabolism 1994. they would see that the subjects following the Tabata protocol lost LESS THAN ONE POUND
Chew on THAT
P.S. I also had personal correspondence with Dr Tabata many years ago via e-mail and he said that for the skaters he trained they relies more on moderate excercise for fat loss
Answers: I love how they always cite the Tabata study (20 second sprints 10 seconds off)
If they actually LOOKED at the Tabata Study in the journal Metabolism 1994. they would see that the subjects following the Tabata protocol lost LESS THAN ONE POUND
Chew on THAT
P.S. I also had personal correspondence with Dr Tabata many years ago via e-mail and he said that for the skaters he trained they relies more on moderate excercise for fat loss
So what do you want us to tell you? That you're right?
You are incorrect, you need to read the studies yourself. The Tabata study, performed in 1996 (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/88973... only marked the VO2max differences between subjects who performed 70% of their max O2 uptake, they did not actually measure bodyfat levels. This showed aerobic capacity did increase some but anaerobic did not increase. However, the HIIT group, performed in the same study, did show a substantial increase in both aerobic and anaerobic.levels and end V02max levels. The end result only showed an increase in aerobic output for the moderate intensity group with no increase in anaerobic energy while the HIIT group did.
The Trembley study published in the 1994 Metabolism (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/80285... is the study that actually measured subcutaneous fat levels as well as fatty acid oxidation during two control groups, a 20 week slow to moderate intensity cardio group and a 15 week study for HIIT. Though the total energy expenditure for the 20 week group was greater, the levels of subcutaneous adipose tissue was less and the fatty acid oxidation greater for the 15 week group (HIIT).
From Trembey study: "In conclusion, these results reinforce the notion that for a given level of energy expenditure, vigorous exercise favors negative energy and lipid balance to a greater extent than exercise of low to moderate intensity. Moreover, the metabolic adaptations taking place in the skeletal muscle in response to the HIIT program appear to favor the process of lipid oxidation."
Nowhere in either study is the mention of how many pounds were lost, etc. There is a lot more to consider as well as 14 years of further studies reinforcing the fact that HIIT has been shown to be superior for fat loss than steady paced cardio programs.
You should get your facts straight before making wild claims.