Research
Hormonal
Serum HMW adiponectin levels do not significantly increase after 16 weeks of HIIT, but changes in adiponectin are strongly associated with changes in visceral adipose tissue (VAT) loss.
Don't expect HIIT to magically boost your adiponectin levels. However, if you lose visceral fat through HIIT, your adiponectin levels will likely improve as a result of that fat loss, not the exercise itself.
ModerateRefutesMEDIUM confidence
There was no change in serum HMW adiponectin concentration after the 16-week intervention in either group or the combined group... percent changes in serum adiponectin were associated with percent changes in AT, especially VAT in the combined group (ρ = -0.72, p < 0.01).
Why this rating
Small sample size and lack of control group.
Source
Decrease in regional body fat after long-term high-intensity interval training
Koichiro Azuma et al. · The Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine · 2017
DOI 10.7600/jpfsm.6.103
clinical_trial · n=12Cited 3×
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