Fitness!

loving this work out!

Ok so I'm sure you have all heard of the HIIT work out, ( high intensity interval training) If you are new to this style of work out get ready to work and I mean work! I have recently been incorporating this style into my classes and my students are amazed. The idea is to do 20 seconds of a specific move with 10 seconds rest, 20/10 split. We do about 20 minutes of HIIT in our hour long class. There are other variations for the timing but I find for my students this is enough to get them going with out depleting them for the rest of our fitness class.

The best part of HIIT is this, you only really need to do it three times a week for 30 min total in order to get great results. Thats right, you heard me right!! So pick your moves wisely. If your used to having a chest/shoulder day, leg day, back day you can still plan your HIIT work out that way. If you have injury's and are limited, be mindful of weights you might choose. The moves should be a good steady pace. In HIIT less is more when using weights. Using your own body weight works really well. As a matter of fact I would encourage your first few HIIT work outs to be only with your own body weight. 

If you are actually trying to torch some calories this will really help. If you choose to diet while trying this new style of training you'll get an even better result. Also on the off days if you hike, walk, run, swim or do some yoga you will be on your way to a much more fit you.