CaptHowdy5150
Well-known member
First, you can do HIIT for a full 30-40 minutes at 20 seconds all out, 10 seconds rest. Let me put it this way...your HIIT habits will have to change. Everyone, and I mean everyone, has a 100% threshold for exertion. If you're able to do HIIT for that long with only 10 second rest intervals, you are not at high intensity for those 20 seconds. You may be moving fast, but relative to your level of fitness, you are not pushing yourself enough. Try this: limit your HIIT sessions to 20 minutes. You can do 30 seconds on, 1 minute off at the absolute maximum. But for those 30 seconds, you need to KILL it. I mean leave nothing on the table. Don't think about the next interval you have to run...unload it all on any given interval. You may only last 10 minutes this way, but this is how HIIT works, and this is how you will truly build up your VO2 max.
The rest looks pretty good, especially diet-wise. One thing I would look at again is your caloric total on workout days. The macros don't add up to the total.
Very strong lifts for your bodyweights. It really shows in the BW exercises...your dips and pullups are insane. Add weight to the pullups if possible and you will get even stronger.
It's posts like this that show everything that is right about this forum. Experienced, knowledgeable guys helping out those of us who still have so much to learn. Kudos Coop!