Hi I'm John. I found these forums yesterday and decided to sign up. I'm well over 200 lbs right now and wanna get in shape. I haven't excersized in years. I read about the HIIT and will probably do that along with weight training with my new Bowflex Selecttech dumbbells. I've got this real big beer belly right now. It's annoying and half my pants don't fit anymore. I got one question to start with tho. Is that HIIT as good as any other cardio? I found this a while back and I get chest burns often. They go away after going a few days without drinking.

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I don't wanna die in my 50's or 60's from a heart attack. I will be 24 years old next month.

Hi,
Welcome to the forum.
I am experimenting with HIIT at the moment.
I have been doing steady state cardio for a couple of months now, but reading this forum it seems like HIIT is the way to go.
I am not sure if I am fit enough to go straight into HIIT, so I am starting off by doing normal interval training first. This means that I do 1 minute fast and 1 minute slow rather than just medium pace for all the time.
This week I tried my first HIIT session and it was really tough. I think I may have to build up to it first.
Give it a go, but don't over do it at first and injure yourself. If it is too much, try normal interval trainging for a couple of weeks first.
The main thing is that you are doing something.
Best of luck and let use know how you get on.
Cheers.

Hello!! You're off to a good start. Now you just need to get the exercise going. I bet your beer belly will start going away fast as soon as you get in some cardio, especially since you haven't excercised in years. Do it!! Work it!