The popularity of high-intensity interval training (HIIT), which consists primarily of repeated bursts of high-intensity exercise, continues to soar because its effectiveness and efficiency have been proven in use by both elite athletes and general fitness enthusiasts. Surprisingly, few resources have attempted to explain both the science behind the HIIT movement and its sport-specific application to athlete training. That’s why Science and Application of High-Intensity Interval Training is a must-have resource for sport coaches, strength and conditioning professionals, personal trainers, and exercise physiologists, as well as for researchers and sport scientists who study high-intensity interval training.
Authors Paul Laursen and Martin Buchheit—both well-known, expert-level HIIT researchers as well as practitioners and endurance athletes—do a masterful job of blending science-based concepts of HIIT with practical application strategies. Laursen, Buchheit, and a team of highly qualified contributors—who bring hundreds of years of combined HIIT science and application experience from across all sports—have written Science and Application of High-Intensity Interval Training to provide practitioners and athletes an understanding of the foundational principles of HIIT programming. Chapters in the first section describe five types of training, how to manipulate HIIT variables to maximize improvements in physical performance, and how to incorporate HIIT into a general training program. Readers will also learn the influence HIIT can have on fatigue, stress, and an athlete’s overall health.
The final 20 chapters each focus on a different sport and are written by leading coaches or practitioners who have successfully applied HIIT principles at an elite level in their respective sport. These chapters describe specific ways to incorporate HIIT into a training regimen for everything from combat sports to endurance events to the most popular U.S. and international individual and team sports. Each chapter also contains sport-specific preparation and competition phases, an overall one-year training program, and a brief story of how the coach or practitioner who authored the chapter used HIIT to successfully prepare an athlete for a competition.
Knowing the proper ways to incorporate high-intensity interval training into a fitness or conditioning program is of vital importance: Not following proper protocols can lead to excessive and prolonged fatigue, illness, or injury. Science and Application of High-Intensity Interval Training is an essential guide for those who want to incorporate HIIT into their own training or their athletes’ programming.
Brian Justin (verified owner) –
This text is an excellent compilation of the research and practice of energy system training. This is an essential text for kinesiologists, strength coaches, and sport coaches. Highly recommended!
Bogdan (verified owner) –
The information in this book is of a very high quality. Every strength and conditioning coach should read it. Congrats to the writers!
Patricia H (verified owner) –
This text is full of science and provides a significant amount of information onHIIT. Awesome resource for students studying with aspirations of helping athletes master their sport. Text provides programming for a number of sports Was disappointed that lacrosse was not included but has a British twist and includes 2 types of cricket.
Xander (verified owner) –
Nice piece of knowledge how to apply HIIT in 20 different sports. Especially applicable to those who train or coach and do not want to go massive theoretical information but just want to understand what types of HIIT can be applied in different sports and different circumstances
Kyle (verified owner) –
Great resource for HIIT. Well written and easy to read. A solid scientific resource that effectively characterizes workouts depending on your objectives.
sonadora (verified owner) –
A deep dive into the minds of great sports scientists. If you are looking for proven methods of HIIT and how to apply them to your workouts, this book will exceed your expectations.
ACW (verified owner) –
As an applied sports scientist, I have lots of text books, but this trumps the lot. Its a one stop shop of physiology, along with superb chapters from practitioners across 20+ different sports. The transfer from theory to application is seamless, and I’ve applied a lot into my practice over the past year. Well worth the investment.
Ischenko (verified owner) –
Good day. I am from Russia, a coach of team and cyclic sports. The book is healthy helps in coaching. Excellent protocols for team sports in particular rugby, football. A bit heavy to understand, but this is the HIIT bible. Recommend.
Brian J. Adkins (verified owner) –
This book really helped me refine my high intensity interval training strategy. Very thorough and informative. I’m a very active cyclist, and I’ve read multiple books on the subject, and listened to tons of podcasts, and read many studies, but I learned a great deal from this book, and the info is organized very well. Highly recommended.
Fil (verified owner) –
Cannot overstate how phenomenal this text is. A true accomplishment and properly synthesized review of all of the relevant components of sports science, physiological research, and practical application in the field. Cannot recommend highly enough!
Great book. Clearly laid out. A wealth of knowledge packed in one place with illustrations that clearly make sense! (verified owner) –
Everything it’s supposed to be. Very high level training insights!