Hey, I play Ultimate in a league with my friends, and recently I've been reading about HIIT, which strikes me as a good, time-efficient way to not only increase my endurance and burst speed, but get in better shape.

Anyway, I was wondering if Ultimate could be considered, at the very least, a form of HIIT. It's not as mechanical (one minute sprint, 3 minute walk, repeat) but the way my team practices we have 3 5-man teams. 2 teams play to 3 points, then the losing team switches out. With 5 man teams and the area we play in, we're sprinting almost non-stop. Then if we lose we get a longer resting period, and if we win then we get a brief resting/water period.

HIIT?

In preparing for the 2005 Ultimate Frisbee season, I made the switch for the first time from predominantly long aerobic training to high intensity interval training (HIIT). Before I get into all the supporting documentation, let me repeat something: last season my workouts were hour-long moderate intensity aerobic sessions.