While HIIT may not be as effective in increasing muscle mass, it does offer potential benefits to achieve that sculpted look. However, if your main goal is to build muscle mass, bodybuilding or weight training may be your best bet.

Does HIIT build muscle or burn fat?

As well as making you look like a better version of yourself, HIIT helps you train like a better version of yourself. Performed correctly – flat out – it can increase body fat percentage burned per workout, improve resting metabolism, and boost lean muscle.

Can you get ripped from HIIT?

Since HIIT takes less than half an hour you may as well do a session every day, right? ... “If you've done a HIIT workout properly then your muscles will be ripped to shreds, so recovery is crucial,” says Fisher. You really can have too much of a good thing.