[nbschulze]

I completely agree with you there. HIIT is a great way to get a quick workout in. It is just not fun or easy (like you've said).

My problem is more with the tone of a lot of these articles. They come across like a bad advertisement for some new medication. 'Try HIIT and get in shape with only one minute of actual exercise'.

*With warmup and cool down real time is actually closer to 10 minutes. Side effects may include vomiting, crying, and a bad case of Edgar from Men in Black walk.

[pdabbadabba]

I remember another piece in the New York Times about two years ago that described the correct HIIT workout as "so intense you moan." That seems about right, in my experience. :)

[nbschulze]

Yes, that is one hundred percent accurate. They should have added "and get weird looks from the people around you" to the end of that quote.