HIIT - Granny style
LeenaGee
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I am so proud of myself, for the past 4 days I have been following a 30 day High Intensity Interval Training program (HIIT). It probably should be renamed Waning Intensity, Lots of Intervals Training (WILT). But hey that doesn't matter it is a start and is better than nothing.
I work really hard in retail with lots of lifting and walking but I still feel as though my strength is disappearing and my muscles just don't seem to be as strong as they used to be. Anyway, I found a computer program that shows you a picture of what exercise to do each day and tell you when to start, when to rest and when to finish. Simple but effective.
The exercises look simple enough but I am finding them harder than I thought but they must be doing something as my legs and body are quite sore the next day and I am always glad when the buzzer goes and I hear my new favourite word - DONE.
Once I get a bit more strength back, I want to go back to doing some yoga classes as I really have enjoyed and benefited from them in the past.
I work really hard in retail with lots of lifting and walking but I still feel as though my strength is disappearing and my muscles just don't seem to be as strong as they used to be. Anyway, I found a computer program that shows you a picture of what exercise to do each day and tell you when to start, when to rest and when to finish. Simple but effective.
The exercises look simple enough but I am finding them harder than I thought but they must be doing something as my legs and body are quite sore the next day and I am always glad when the buzzer goes and I hear my new favourite word - DONE.
Once I get a bit more strength back, I want to go back to doing some yoga classes as I really have enjoyed and benefited from them in the past.
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Nicely done0
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That is my aim to get back to yoga. Yoga looks easy but it is tough. Your legs feel like jelly after the first few sessions and then it becomes a bit better so lets hope this works. The exercise sessions only last 20 minutes so it is a start.0
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I'd like to check that site out! Could you fill me in? I should do yoga due to my back issues. I've always been a cardio junkie but age & my back are slowing me down!0
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Actually the HIIT site is pretty awful and I use it mainly for the timer and just adjust the exercises for my aging body so I really wouldn't recommend it. It is just a silly little site to keep me motivated as I count off the 30 days.
As for the yoga, I normally take a class and that is what I must get back into eventually. If you have back issues your instructor will give you exercises that will not injure your back further.0 -
Anyone who says yoga is easy hasn't done it or hasn't done it right.0
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Yoga is really hard and that is why I want to get more strength into my body BEFORE I do my first class. Many a time after a yoga class my legs would be wobbly going down the stairs when the class finished and I would go home and soak in a warm Epsom salt bath.
I am active but it is not the same as stretching those muscles. I have been doing a small amount of crunches in my modified HIIT program and never realised it was doing anything until I coughed. Oh the pain - Nup not having a heart attack, just a few sore muscles. lol0 -
One thing that I have always liked about yoga is that it seems very easy to modify for all fitness levels so the idea of getting stronger in order to be able to do yoga does not really compute for me. Why do you feel it is necessary to have to "build up" to doing yoga?0
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A little personal experiment. I need to lose about 5 kilos and when I do yoga it never alters my weight so I thought I would try something else.
So you are perfectly correct to say that it is not necessary to do this in order to do yoga. Probably, I am just procrastinating and unwilling to commit to classes at the moment.0 -
Getting started is sometimes the toughest part.0
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Getting started is sometimes the toughest part.
I agree but I am going to finish this mini challenge I have set myself and then I am going to start my yoga again. There are plenty of wonderful programs on the internet and I will find one that suits me.
November's Body, Mind & Soul Month is to finish what we start and live each day with a positive attitude.
So I am determined. 0 -
Getting started is sometimes the toughest part.
I agree but I am going to finish this mini challenge I have set myself and then I am going to start my yoga again. There are plenty of wonderful programs on the internet and I will find one that suits me.
November's Body, Mind & Soul Month is to finish what we start and live each day with a positive attitude.
So I am determined.
So, my question to you is if you are doing internet based yoga why are you intimidated? It's not a class situation where you might be up against seasoned practitioners...I am not sure what your reservations might be?0 -
Sorry, always typing in a hurry and often don't explain myself. I work different hours each week and often get called into work so it is hard to commit to a class or to find a class that will let you pay as you go so I have being doing yoga online in the past. I do prefer to go to a class as having the instructor helping you is better. Also when you start yoga again it is very painful for the first couple of weeks and I am not into pain.0
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I went to do my HIIT session today and oh dear my back was so sore as I lay on the floor ready to do crunches and some other horrible exercise of torture.
I decided I would do some yoga stretches instead and found a basic yoga video to follow for a 30min routine. I had forgotten how wonderful yoga is for the sore body as I had just remembered the pain associated with when you first start. And the breathing is another thing I wasn't doing during my HIIT workout. Breathe in, Breathe out, so simple yet so effective whilst doing stretches and relaxing a sore back.
I think that some of the exercises I have been doing are a bit tough on my old joints.0
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