Other/Mixed Slowness through HIIT?

[Smile-n-Nod]

On this page (for the Strong Endurance seminar):

Strong Endurance™ by Pavel​

this statement has me a little confused:

You cannot afford to learn slowness through HIIT
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Can someone explain this to me? Thanks.

 

[Al Ciampa]

The first part of that statement is: "for speed athletes". Slowness is relative.

 

[Smile-n-Nod]

The first part of that statement is: "for speed athletes". Slowness is relative.

How does HIIT slow down a speed athlete?

 

[Steve W.]

@Smile-n-Nod
My take is that HIIT might involve maximum or near maximum levels of effort, but not maximum speed. You are always TRYING to go as fast as possible, but since your work intervals are too long and your recovery intervals are too short, you CAN'T actually go at your full maximum speed, only the fastest speed your tired a#@ can manage at the moment.

 

[pet']

Hello,

A HIIT using burpees is a max effort for instance.

Kind regards,

Pet'