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I remember reading something about Tabata/HIIT being something you don't want to do every day, due to the high intensity and strain on your CNS. Is this not the thinking anymore?


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warner2511/08/2024

The original experimental protocol was "only" four days per week, so it was never suggested to be an everyday thing. The extreme thinking among runners is probably three days per week of short intervals or repeats. The more conventional thinking is more like one day per week with a much higher volume of easy zone 2 running on the other days.