This lesson sets the groundwork for the course by defining topics such as health (physical, mental, social well-being), fitness, and stress. Phil then dives into the health benefits and potential risks of high-intensity interval training (HIIT).

Lesson duration: 11:04

Part 2 dives deeper into the physiological effects of stress and how HIIT can potentially contribute to negative chronic stress (overtraining) if not implemented safely.

Topics covered:

• General Adaptation Syndrome continuum – how stress manifests in different stages
• Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis and how it integrates with the nervous system to regulate stress hormones
• Underlying predisposing conditions that can lead to athlete death

Lesson duration: 19:30

Part 3 focuses on the fact that athletes can be fit but unhealthy and how a holistic approach to assessing excess stress is the best practice for approaching athlete health.

Topics covered:

• Sleep as a vital part for recovery from stress, including healthy sleep guidelines
• Overfat definition and how increased body fat can impair health
• How to easily assess body fat
• Assessing health relative to performance using metrics such as work outputs and heart rate

Lesson duration: 23:03

Food quality is crucial for optimal nutrition and therefore optimal recovery and repair from stress.

Topics covered:

• Diet = calories + nutrients
• Defining food quality
• Low quality, processed/junk foods and the effects they can have on the body including added stress and impaired recovery
• High quality foods that are less processed and healthy and how they support recovery from stress
• Examples of low quality and high quality foods (including foods that are disguised as “healthy” but are actually low nutrient quality foods that can inhibit stress repair)

Lesson duration: 12:32

In part 5, we dive deeper into the role of nutrition in optimizing repair from stresses such as HIIT.

Topics covered:

• Macronutrients from food – carbohydrates, fats and proteins
• The role carbohydrates, fats and proteins play in contributing to energy production as ATP and its use in HIIT
• The requirements of micronutrients in energy production
• The relationship between dietary fats, refined carbohydrates and inflammation (a stressor)

Lesson duration: 18:35

The last part of the course completes the discussion on nutrition and delves into some common deficiencies in athletes that could be impairing performance and affecting health.

Topics covered:

• The importance of plant foods (phytonutrients) for recovery from HIIT
• Hydration / water consumption – the dangers of under-hydration and over-hydration
• Vitamin D from food and sun sources
• Common deficiencies in athletes

Lesson duration: 11:24

All course material is available through our easy-to-use online platform.

Once in enrolled, you get instant access to the video lectures so you can progress through the course at your own pace. Each lecture also has lesson comments to ask/answer questions and interact with your instructors and fellow students.

Of course! There are discussion sections for each lesson where you can ask questions or leave comments and engage with your instructors and fellow students. You also have email access to the instructors.

And if you have any technical issues accessing the course content, you can always email us at support@hiitscience.com – we’ll get you back to learning in no time.

When you enroll in HIIT Course, you’ll get instant, lifetime access to all course content so you can take the course at your own pace and come back as often as you need to refresh your knowledge.

No. We do not offer CEUs for this individual sport course.

However, if you are looking to earn CEUs about HIIT, you can earn CEUs for the larger Science and Application of High-Intensity Interval Training course. That course offers a Certificate of Completion and you’ll earn National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) Continuing Education credit hours as well as endorsed credits from BASES.

If you’re not 100% satisfied in your investment in the course, we’ll refund 100% of what you’ve paid if you make a request within 45 days of enrollment.

No questions asked.