Risk vs. Reward: HIIT training in older adults with comorbidities

It can be easy to write off doing high intensity exercises with our older adults…especially the ones with comorbidities, but if we compare the risks vs the rewards, you'll see that there's definitely some pros to doing HIIT training. Keep listening to find out more! Dun, Y., Smith, J. R., Liu, S., & Olson, T. P. (2019). High-intensity interval training in cardiac rehabilitation. Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 35(4), 469–487. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cger.2019.07.011 Blackwell, J. E. M., Gharahdaghi, N., Brook, M. S., Watanabe, S., Boereboom, C. L., Doleman, B., Lund, J. N., Wilkinson, D. J., Smith, K., Atherton, P. J., Williams, J. P., & Phillips, B. E. (2021). The physiological impact of high‐intensity interval training in octogenarians with comorbidities. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 12(4), 866–879. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12724   Want to make sure you stay on top of all things geriatrics? Go to https://MMOA.online to check out our Free eBooks, Lectures, & the MMOA Digest!