HIIT routine please

Sweet_Pea4
Sweet_Pea4 Posts: 447 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
hi all :)

Am currently lifting at the moment but I do want to loose weight too so I'm looking for an full body HIIT routine to do in the gym. Does anyone have any ideas please??

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  • Sam_I_Am77
    Sam_I_Am77 Posts: 2,093 Member
    edited April 2015
    Looks like you're doing a really good job already. Remember the key to weigh loss is in your nutrition, exercise just helps augment it.

    From a conditioning perspective there are some good and FREE HIIT programs on YouTube on a channel called "Fitness Blender". ;)
  • peterjens
    peterjens Posts: 235 Member
    I was a fan of doing my HIIT in the swimming pool. I would swim (front crawl) one length - 25 meters - and then wade back one length. Sometimes I would jog/wade to the start. Repeat 10 or 12 times. Swimming is easier on my body when doing HIIT. There was too much strain/stress on my knees if I pedaled a bike or ran on a treadmill. I have taken a break from HIIT for now but I liked doing it once a week.

    I see a lot of people doing burpee HIIT.
  • Sweet_Pea4
    Sweet_Pea4 Posts: 447 Member
    Thanks for the replies. Yeah nutrition I been finding hard but I'm getting there :)
  • bgalbert
    bgalbert Posts: 1
    Does your gym have Les Mills GRIT? Best HIIT ever.
  • Sweet_Pea4
    Sweet_Pea4 Posts: 447 Member
    bgalbert wrote: »
    Does your gym have Les Mills GRIT? Best HIIT ever.
    What's that?
  • skinbeauty2005
    skinbeauty2005 Posts: 24 Member
    It's a group HIIT class. Whenever I workout in a group I feel obligated to finish and push myself even when I want to give up. Or, if it's available to you, you could try it, get ideas, and so them on your own. I learned a lot from the Les Mills BodyPump class!
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    My favorite HIIT is sprinting, since I find machines get in the way of me going as fast/hard as I can, especially during the acceleration parts at the beginning and end of the interval.

  • kbmnurse
    kbmnurse Posts: 2,484 Member
    I am sure there is a trainer you can ask at the Gym. Check out You Tube.
  • canary_girl
    canary_girl Posts: 366 Member
    I do sprint HIIT too. Run 6.9 for 3 minutes, 7.3 for 1 minute. Rest for 1 minute. Repeat 3x. I'm short, you may be able to run faster.
  • isthisolivia
    isthisolivia Posts: 37 Member
    the app 12 Minute Athlete is superb for this. I love it; highly recommend it.
  • Sweet_Pea4
    Sweet_Pea4 Posts: 447 Member
    lmjohnson110 wrote: »
    I do sprint HIIT too. Run 6.9 for 3 minutes, 7.3 for 1 minute. Rest for 1 minute. Repeat 3x. I'm short, you may be able to run faster.

    In gym the PT told me to slow jog for a min which mine is 6.5 then sprint for 30 seconds 11.5 repeat x 5 which kills me ha ha but burns so many cals ha ha x
  • lulucitron
    lulucitron Posts: 366 Member
    The easiest one I find is to skip between sets. If I'm doing shoulders, I'll do a set of 12, skip for a minute, another set, skip and another set without stopping. The only rest is preparing for the next shoulder exercise. I plan out what I'm doing shoulder wise and have everything mapped out so I'm not having my heart rate lower too much. A skipping rope is cheap to buy or they usually have them at a gym. You could substitute any plyo in place of skipping....do burpees in between sets or medicine ball jumps (hold an 8lb medicine ball and squat touching it to the floor and then jump explosively while pushing it overhead and land in a squat with ball tapped to the floor and keep repeating for a count of 20). Before long you'll be sucking air.
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