Adding HIIT workouts

LolaKarwowski

Wanting to add a little bit of HIIT workouts into my strength training. Until now, I never really looked up what HIIT really meant. What fast, but effective HIIT workouts do you know of? Is 10min of 20sec fast running and 40sec normal walking good enough?

Samm471

I do HIIT on the treadmill. I run for about 30 minutes but for 20 of those minutes I do HIIT .. 30 seconds sprint then one minute jog then repeat about 10-15 times in those 20 minutes. I also do this on the rowing machine and skipping. You'll see a big difference if you do HIIT

Timshel_

FitnessBlender has some HIIT routines, but I prefer darbee.com .

slaite1

Samm471 wrote: »

I do HIIT on the treadmill. I run for about 30 minutes but for 20 of those minutes I do HIIT .. 30 seconds sprint then one minute jog then repeat about 10-15 times in those 20 minutes. I also do this on the rowing machine and skipping. You'll see a big difference if you do HIIT

Perfect way to start HIIT. 30 on/60 off.

DylanThomas2

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Samm471 wrote: »

I do HIIT on the treadmill. I run for about 30 minutes but for 20 of those minutes I do HIIT .. 30 seconds sprint then one minute jog then repeat about 10-15 times in those 20 minutes. I also do this on the rowing machine and skipping. You'll see a big difference if you do HIIT

I do the exact same thing on the stationary bike my problem is how to log it I have been just logging it as medium intensity for however long I go but I dont think that is very accurate.

professionalHobbyist

HIIT on a cardio glide is what I usually do.

It is brutal after about 8 cycles.

At a certain point in cardio fitness, some intensity is required to raise the bar. HIIT is a good way to bring some in gradually.

whmscll

I do 10 minutes of HIIT every time I go to my indoor bootcamp workouts. We do about 1.5-2 minutes on a cardio strider, then two consecutive sets of cardio bodyweight exercises between 15-20 reps each, sometimes using light 10-15 pound weights, and sometimes incorporating resistance bands for upper body. We do three cycles of all this in 10 minutes. It kicks butt.

LolaKarwowski

slaite1 wrote: »

Samm471 wrote: »

I do HIIT on the treadmill. I run for about 30 minutes but for 20 of those minutes I do HIIT .. 30 seconds sprint then one minute jog then repeat about 10-15 times in those 20 minutes. I also do this on the rowing machine and skipping. You'll see a big difference if you do HIIT

Perfect way to start HIIT. 30 on/60 off.

DOING THIS.

Thank you everyone for your suggestions. Can't wait to get started.

kwtilbury

I usually tell people to do tabata drills:

Pick an exercise (burpees, mountain climbers, etc.).
20 seconds HARD
10 seconds rest
Repeat for 8 rounds (4 min total)

slaite1

kwtilbury wrote: »

I usually tell people to do tabata drills:

Pick an exercise (burpees, mountain climbers, etc.).
20 seconds HARD
10 seconds rest
Repeat for 8 rounds (4 min total)

I used to rotate burpees and high knees in this format. Talk about a killer workout. The key really is to go hard, like "I want to die" kind of hard.

yopeeps025

kwtilbury wrote: »

I usually tell people to do tabata drills:

Pick an exercise (burpees, mountain climbers, etc.).
20 seconds HARD
10 seconds rest
Repeat for 8 rounds (4 min total)

This is a very hard HIIT that I would not suggest to someone who hasn't done the easier ratios before this one.