HIIT has been great for the rest of the day as long as I don't overdo it, but yeah, completely focused on the workout during that.
* ridiculous conditioning in that I can keep average heart rate at 155bpm for 2 hours no problem. Most hiit isn’t long enough to get me above 110
You're doing HIIT wrong if you cannot elevate your heart rate beyond 110 bpm. Whatever you're doing, there's a huge gap in the training programming/protocol.
Everyone suffers in CrossFit. Everyone.
And I have fast recovery which makes typical rest periods too long compared to how hard I’m able to push myself during the thing.
Probably would work better if I got a personal trainer to push me specifically rather than in a group/video setting
HIIT with heavy weights works very well for me, but I don’t have those available at home. When gyms are open I prefer boxing anyway :)
The main difference between being fit and not fit, when it comes to HIIT, is that you can do more burpiees or curls or whatever in the 45 second period.
It still sucks just as much, but your high-score is better.
Problem is, you need to be fit to do this right, reducing the risk of injury. Always preferred fartlek to repeat intervals on the track. Both have their place however.
When I ran a marathon in 3:24:xx my average heart rate was 170bpm.
Or, if that doesn’t do the trick for you, mixing burpees and light jogging is a lot of fun.
Boxing for 10 years trained that into me very well. 1min rest between 3min rounds
