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Old 08-17-2008, 01:48 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by kurty[B] View Post
What I find funny are gyms who would be using it to get people in and out? It's something that you can do on your own without a gym membership? After the first week, the heart-rate target I'll go for is 95%, then up 5% each week, maxing out at 110% (it seems impossible to get your heart rate up that high, but supposedly after doing it for so many weeks it is possible to).

I'll let you know how it goes.
One of the women's fitness magazines I read had a HIIT routine involving an ordinary bicycle or just plain running, so you don't need a gym to do it; I've done it with my bicycle. Works pretty well, actually, and it's more enjoyable than the gym.
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