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If you enjoy exercise and make your fitness a priority then one\nof your primary goals for working out is to burn fat. If this is\nthe case then you are no doubt familiar with the concept of high\nintensity training. High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT),\nmetabolic conditioning, Tabata training and other forms of extreme\nworkouts that are meant to beat the calories out of you via\npunishing exercise are very popular right now, however they could\nbe doing you more harm than good.\n\nYou may have heard from your favorite fitness instructor,\npersonal trainer or read in a popular magazine that high intensity\ninterval training is effective at burning fat, it can be BUT ONLY\nwhen done the proper way and at the right amount. The perception is\nthat the harder you work, the more calories you burn, however in\nthe case of HIIT perception is NOT always reality. The simple fact\nis that a little HIIT can be good, but too much could be working\nagainst you and keeping you from reaching your fitness goals.\n\nIn today's episode of All About Fitness I speak with San Diego\nState Professor of Exercise Science Fabio\nComana\xa0who explains the physiology of HIIT, how it works\nand, most importantly, how it could be working against you\nand\xa0keeping you from achieving your fitness goals. Fabio is\none of the smartest and hardest working guys in the fitness\nindustry, throughout his career he has worked for different\nuniversities, the leading personal training certification\norganizations and has educated thousands of fitness professionals.\nIf you want to learn more about how the body burns fat don't waste\nyour time listening to someone who may have just recently passed a\nweekend workshop, go to the source and hear what the guy who makes\na living teaching trainers has to say on the topic. Fabio and I\ndiscuss the fallacies of HIIT and\xa0what you should be doing to\nmaximize the fat loss from your workouts, this is a conversation\nyou DO NOT want to miss.\xa0\n\n\xa0\n\nLinks for show sponsors:\n\nhttp://www.vicorefitness.com\n\nhttps://activmotionbar.com\n\n\xa0\n\nLinks for organizations\xa0Fabio works with:\n\nwww.nasm.org\n\nhttp://corehandf.com\n\nhttps://stroops.com\n\n\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices