MrKleen73
Legend
Good stuff and as far as the HIIT vs LISS I think it is a lot more to do with how you treat the workout. I imagine if you look throughout my posts and logs you will see the sentiment echoed over and over again that the difference is in the conditioning and the nutrition around it.
All things being equal with no extra supplementation or nutrient timing then for someone looking to maintain as much lbm as possible would be better off doing LISS. Now when you throw supplements and nutrient timing in there I think it kind of tilts the scale more towards HIIT. The HIIT becomes an anabolic event when you take aminos pre and post. Legs are worn out and must rebuild from sprints. Hitting the heavy bag for rounds, body weight calesthenics, using all that explosiveness and what not, all of that creates an anabolic event prompting muscle repair. Add to that the fact that calorie-wise the aminos are so minimal the only impact they have is to aid in the ATP process and muscle repair. So no real increase in caloric intake.
Now apples to oranges the studies have shown that at about the 24 hour mark whether you trained with HIIT or LISS the total caloric burn ends up being the same. That being said catabolism is really the only factor that you have to contend with in either scenario.
All things being equal with no extra supplementation or nutrient timing then for someone looking to maintain as much lbm as possible would be better off doing LISS. Now when you throw supplements and nutrient timing in there I think it kind of tilts the scale more towards HIIT. The HIIT becomes an anabolic event when you take aminos pre and post. Legs are worn out and must rebuild from sprints. Hitting the heavy bag for rounds, body weight calesthenics, using all that explosiveness and what not, all of that creates an anabolic event prompting muscle repair. Add to that the fact that calorie-wise the aminos are so minimal the only impact they have is to aid in the ATP process and muscle repair. So no real increase in caloric intake.
Now apples to oranges the studies have shown that at about the 24 hour mark whether you trained with HIIT or LISS the total caloric burn ends up being the same. That being said catabolism is really the only factor that you have to contend with in either scenario.