Who We Are

We are leaders in high-intensity interval training education. We come from a variety of sport and academic backgrounds but we all have one thing in common – the desire to maximize human performance and share knowledge.

Our courses, book, and Athletica aim to assist coaches, scientists and performance specialists with practically applying and harnessing the power of HIIT in their programming.

How We Got Here

The founders of HIIT Science, Paul Laursen and Martin Buchheit—both well-known, expert-level high-intensity interval training researchers, practitioners and coaches—do a masterful job of blending science-based concepts of HIIT with practical application strategies. The HIIT Science team bring hundreds of years of combined science and application experience across all sports—offering coaches and practitioners a complete understanding of the foundational principles of applying HIIT in their sporting context.

Over 20 sport scientists and experts from elite sport and performance organizations have come together to deliver decades of research and real-world experience using HIIT to you – in some of the best online courses, a textbook, and online community.

As self proclaimed “failed athletes”, founders Paul Laursen and Martin Buchheit, recognized that they weren’t the most gifted athletes but may have been able to out train the competition with proper coaching. This sparked a lifelong search for knowledge in exercise science and human performance. As researchers and professors in exercise science, both Paul and Martin are committed to lifelong learning and sharing their knowledge with others.

Their desire to share knowledge, resulted in a co-authored book – The Science & Application of
High-Intensity Interval Training. Soon after, it became clear that a HIIT Science course
was needed to make the information more accessible and to truly teach people how to apply the principles directly to the athlete training process.

HIIT Science is now a collaborative community of experts across the globe focusing on bridging the gap between science and practice, teaching coaches how to train their athletes smarter based on a full understanding of how the human body systems can be melded to maximize performance.