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Comment on: “Extraordinary Claims in the Literature on High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT): I. Bonafide Scientific Revolution or a Looming Crisis of Replication and Credibility?”

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Abbreviations

HIIT:

High intensity interval training

PPG:

Postprandial glucose

HIIE:

High intensity interval exercise

TIR:

Time in range

MG:

24-Hour mean glucose

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Acknowledgements

I thank my endocrinologist, Dr. Christine Signore, an endocrinologist at Middlesex Hospital, Middletown, CT, for her continued efforts to protect me from hypoglycemia.

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Chacko, E. Comment on: “Extraordinary Claims in the Literature on High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT): I. Bonafide Scientific Revolution or a Looming Crisis of Replication and Credibility?”. Sports Med 54, 531–533 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-023-01945-7

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