Questions about HIIT & Tabata Method
bcdg24
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Hi!
The small company I work for is extremely generous and has paid for those of us employees that are interested to participate in a small PACK class at our local "Fitness Together" studio for a quarter (it's like a small group fitness session with a personal trainer we share). I am completing the quarter this month and I don't want to continue because my schedule has changed and I want to do more workout on my own.
While at Fitness Together I've learned a lot of exercises and a little bit about the Tabata Method. So my questions are:
1) How do you track a 45-minute HIIT session in your Exercises?
Currently I track as "Circuit Training, general", but it says I only burn 404 calories in 45 minutes. I really fee that I burn more than that, if that's possible.
2) What kinds of exercises do you do in your own workouts, if you do this?
Today I did my own workout, and it consisted of Warmup for 5 minutes (leg swings, arm circles, inch worms, jumping jacks), Workout (4 rounds of exercises, working for 45 min, resting for 15, with a 30-sec jog followed by a minute rest between each round; then 1 min jumping jacks, 1 min jog, 5 min on the elliptical at a high resistence of 10), and Stretching (cooled down by stretching my legs out well with butterfly and yoga stretches). The exercises I did during the "workout" portion were Burpees, Planks, Squats, Squat & Press, Romanian Dead Lifts, & Spiderman Lunges.
Am I on the right track here?
3) How do I know when I'm pushing myself too hard or not enough?
I will essentially become my own trainer, and i'm thinking of doing these workouts (switching up the exercises themselves, but similar format) at least 3 times per week, with added cardio on the weekends. It's essentially the same as what I've been doing at FT (only i was doing it Tue and Thur for 45 min) but i can do it at more convenient times during the week.
4) What do I need to know before I start this on my own?
The small company I work for is extremely generous and has paid for those of us employees that are interested to participate in a small PACK class at our local "Fitness Together" studio for a quarter (it's like a small group fitness session with a personal trainer we share). I am completing the quarter this month and I don't want to continue because my schedule has changed and I want to do more workout on my own.
While at Fitness Together I've learned a lot of exercises and a little bit about the Tabata Method. So my questions are:
1) How do you track a 45-minute HIIT session in your Exercises?
Currently I track as "Circuit Training, general", but it says I only burn 404 calories in 45 minutes. I really fee that I burn more than that, if that's possible.
2) What kinds of exercises do you do in your own workouts, if you do this?
Today I did my own workout, and it consisted of Warmup for 5 minutes (leg swings, arm circles, inch worms, jumping jacks), Workout (4 rounds of exercises, working for 45 min, resting for 15, with a 30-sec jog followed by a minute rest between each round; then 1 min jumping jacks, 1 min jog, 5 min on the elliptical at a high resistence of 10), and Stretching (cooled down by stretching my legs out well with butterfly and yoga stretches). The exercises I did during the "workout" portion were Burpees, Planks, Squats, Squat & Press, Romanian Dead Lifts, & Spiderman Lunges.
Am I on the right track here?
3) How do I know when I'm pushing myself too hard or not enough?
I will essentially become my own trainer, and i'm thinking of doing these workouts (switching up the exercises themselves, but similar format) at least 3 times per week, with added cardio on the weekends. It's essentially the same as what I've been doing at FT (only i was doing it Tue and Thur for 45 min) but i can do it at more convenient times during the week.
4) What do I need to know before I start this on my own?
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most of the answers to your questions are posted as topics on past dates, when you think you are ready to move to the next level
than try it. 45-60 minutes HIIT seems a bit much but it depends upon the person. I spent an hour and half in the gym but only count about 20-30 of it HIIT.
your workout suit you then its probably fine, I have not seen one exaclty like that,
whatever works it best.
as far as calories and counting get a heart rate monitor some machine and some site dont agree and let us know how it goes!!
any day exercising is a great day!!
group any other comments or ideeasss???0
