Forgive me if I&#x27;m wrong here, but all of the recent articles on HIIT seem so odd to me. I feel like a lot of these articles are geared for people to read and go &#x27;Finally! I can get my entire workout done in one minute&#x27; and that&#x27;s kind of missing the point. There&#x27;s not really a way to cheat your body or find an easy way out of a workout. It&#x27;s supposed to hurt and be hard, that&#x27;s the idea. I don&#x27;t think a lot of people truly understand what &#x27;max effort&#x27; is and how hard HIIT actually is. I ran in college and we would do workouts like this once or twice in a season because of how hard they are on you. Nothing about this type of workout is supposed to be a way to get a quick workout in. It is, however, a great way to feel like your lungs are going to explode and an even better way to forget how to walk normally. If that&#x27;s your thing, great! I try and do a workout like this every week. I just think it&#x27;s a little dangerous to be preaching this type of workout to people who can&#x27;t find the motivation to do a 20 minute jog. I have a hard time believing they&#x27;re going to suddenly find the motivation to do the hardest workout they&#x27;ve ever done in their life. Nothing wrong with having some inexperience with exercise, HIIT is just not the right way to help a beginner &#x27;get into shape&#x27;.