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HIIT en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /hɪt/

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of high-intensity interval training, a form of exercise based on short bursts of intense effort, such as sprinting.
    • A HIIT routine can torch more calories than a traditional endurance workout while being performed in a shorter amount of time. 2022 November 27, Melanie Radzicki McManus, “Try this interval workout to avoid HIIT burnout or injuries”, in CNN, archived from the original on 21 Jan 2023:
    • HIIT’s specific origins are uncertain; some say it dates back to at least the early 1900s and Finnish Olympic runners who would use alternating short bursts of intensity with brief bouts of recovery to bolster their overall speed. 2023 March 15, Amanda Loudin, “A 19-Minute HIIT Workout for Beginners”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 18 Mar 2023:
    • Perhaps I would struggle to do a HIIT session. 2021, Dr Philippa Kaye, Doctors Get Cancer Too, Vie Books, page 151:

Antonyms

LISS

Hypernyms

HIT · training · exercise

Synonyms

HIT

Translations (5)

cmn 高強度間歇訓練 /高强度间歇训练 (high-intensity interval training) · fi HIIT-menetelmä (high-intensity interval training) · fr entraînement fractionné de haute intensité (high-intensity interval training) · de Hochintensitäts-Intervalltraining (high-intensity interval training) · de HIIT (high-intensity interval training)