"Although HICT can be an efficient means by which to improve health and decrease body fat, it may be inferior to [sic] creating absolute strength and power, specific endurance, and other specific performance variables. If these are the goals of a program, as with competitive athletes, traditional programs may elicit greater absolute gains."
Thanks for quoting. I'd like to add that the workout the blog post cited was the ACSM article's "sample workout" based on HICT (an efficient, common sense approach commonly used by personal trainers), that also required no specialized equipment.
"Although HICT can be an efficient means by which to improve health and decrease body fat, it may be inferior to [sic] creating absolute strength and power, specific endurance, and other specific performance variables. If these are the goals of a program, as with competitive athletes, traditional programs may elicit greater absolute gains."