Table 1 Topics covered in HIIT Co-design
Problem Identification | • Students brainstorm their barriers and facilitators to exercise • Students group their barriers and facilitators into main themes visually with sticky notes • Collectively, students, teachers, and researchers, use the barriers and facilitators to create evaluation criteria that can be used to design and evaluate HIIT workouts |
Upskilling | • In groups, students discuss what they already know about HIIT • Students explore their heart rate using monitors and Polar GoFit software that shows intensity levels in different colours • Students partake in several HIIT workouts, reflect on their heart rate, and rate the workouts using their class criteria |
HIIT Design | • Collectively decide, with students, teachers, and researchers, the percentage of heart rate maximum to be classified as high-intensity, and the minimum and maximum interval lengths prior to starting the workout design (HIIT parameters) • In groups, students identify potential themes for HIIT workouts and exercises that fit the theme • In groups, students create HIIT workouts that meet both the HIIT parameters and their evaluation criteria |
HIIT Piloting | • Each group presents their workout to the class with the aid of the teacher and researchers • Students provide feedback on other groups’ HIIT workouts based on their evaluation criteria, and teachers and researchers to provide one or two comments • Heart rate for each pilot is recorded |
HIIT Modification | • Each group modifies their workouts based on 1) their own reflection of their pilot; 2) feedback from the other students, researchers, and teachers; and 3) the heart rate summary data from their pilot |