HIT vs HIIT
I google “high intensity training” and “HIT” a few times a month to find new research, articles, discussions, blog posts, etc. and I’ve noticed more and more people using the term high intensity training to refer to high intensity interval training or HIIT, a method of cardiovascular training involving short periods of high intensity activity followed by short periods of rest or very low intensity activity. This is not high intensity training. High intensity training or HIT refers to strength training methods and programs characterized by relatively high level of effort and low volume and frequency of training.
It could be argued the term is equally applicable to both strength and cardiovascular training of high intensity, however, Ellington Darden set the precedence when he used the term in reference to Arthur Jones training principles during a presentation at Duke University in the 1970’s.
1 Comment to HIT vs HIIT
I had noticed this as well. What bothers me is not so much that people are using “HIT” for “HIIT”, but that it’s getting more difficult to find HIT references through search engines.
October 26, 2008