HIIT

ndig1990
ndig1990 Posts: 8 Member
edited November 25 in Fitness and Exercise
Does anyone have suggestions for a successful hiit workout or routine ?

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  • rankinsect
    rankinsect Posts: 2,238 Member
    edited October 2015
    Are you looking for actual exercise lists to do, or are you looking to do the more classic approach of picking one form of cardio and adding intervals?

    I do the latter, and I've been doing the 10/20/30 approach. 2 minutes of warm-up, then a set of 5 reps of 30 seconds at a slow pace (30% peak effort or so), then 20 seconds of moderate effort (60% or so), then 10 seconds of all-out effort (above 90% peak effort).

    In your first sessions, depending on starting fitness, you may only be able to finish one set. Once you can complete one set, give yourself two minutes of recovery then do a second set of five reps. Once you can do two, add a third set, then ultimately a fourth.

    You can do this with basically any cardio - running, stationary bike, elliptical, etc.
  • pineapple_jojo
    pineapple_jojo Posts: 440 Member
    Insanity! It's awesome!
  • mizztanjo
    mizztanjo Posts: 153 Member
    pineapple_jojo wrote: »
    Insanity! It's awesome!

    Insanity IS awesome :)
    There are less intense one tho as well like Piyo or focus t25.
  • rgyp330
    rgyp330 Posts: 1 Member
    Fitness blender YouTube channel as tons of hit workout and it won't cost you a penny.
  • ndig1990
    ndig1990 Posts: 8 Member
    I love insanity but was looking to switch it up a bit. I know how to do HIIT I'm just unsure of which exercises to incorporate.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    rgyp330 wrote: »
    Fitness blender YouTube channel as tons of hit workout and it won't cost you a penny.

    Why would somebody flag this?
  • kmblank
    kmblank Posts: 43 Member
    Tabata workouts are great if you are looking for something quick and high intensity. You can get an app on-line (Tabata Pro) and I usually use the bike or treadmill, but you don't need to have equipment to do the workouts. Another great one that I do is incline sprints on the treadmill - sprint for 30 sec., off the treadmill and immediately do 25 squat jacks, rest for 1 min. and repeat...maybe start out with 5 sets and then go from there.
  • jeremywm1977
    jeremywm1977 Posts: 657 Member
    jemhh wrote: »
    rgyp330 wrote: »
    Fitness blender YouTube channel as tons of hit workout and it won't cost you a penny.

    Why would somebody flag this?

    Maybe someone really dislikes free stuff. Perhaps they're against an anti-socialist.
  • ndig1990
    ndig1990 Posts: 8 Member
    Thanks everyone!! looking forward to you tubing and treadmill sprints :)
  • jeremywm1977
    jeremywm1977 Posts: 657 Member
    jeremywm1977 wrote: »
    jemhh wrote: »
    rgyp330 wrote: »
    Fitness blender YouTube channel as tons of hit workout and it won't cost you a penny.

    Why would somebody flag this?

    Maybe someone really dislikes free stuff. Perhaps they're against an anti-socialist.

    Sorry, I meant, "they're an anti-socialist".
  • rebeccaEsmith
    rebeccaEsmith Posts: 1,136 Member
    Try pintrest they have heaps on there
  • victoria_1024
    victoria_1024 Posts: 915 Member
    Another fitness blender recommendation. It's pretty much the only thing I do and I never get bored. SOOO many options.
  • Sugar_Cloud
    Sugar_Cloud Posts: 28 Member
    I've been doing HIIT on the stationary bike, and loving it. I'm still new to it so I'm currently doing 15/60 breakdown. I find that music helps massively and a youtube video I'm finding amazing is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p5-nTaiUFg it has voice prompts and rep countdown, very helpful!!
  • fiddletime
    fiddletime Posts: 1,868 Member

    pineapple_jojo wrote: »
    Insanity! It's awesome!

    Does Insanity use weights?

  • jeremywm1977
    jeremywm1977 Posts: 657 Member
    fiddletime wrote: »
    pineapple_jojo wrote: »
    Insanity! It's awesome!

    Does Insanity use weights?

    Nope, no weights.......no equipment whatsoever with Insanity.
  • kcjchang
    kcjchang Posts: 709 Member
    First find out what your VO2Max is and make a note how that feels. Select an exercise (aerobic of course) and hit your VO2Max or above (neuromuscular) on each work interval. Allow 1:1 ratio between work and rest and do a few intervals (say 3-5). Do two to three sets and allow 2:1 or 1:1 work and rest ratio between sets. Top athletes can tolerate 2-3 training sessions per week for a mesocycle or two before tapering for that season's "A" event or two. And back to selection, its rather limited as there are no real competition for jumping jacks and such.

    There is no reason to do them. Just increase your intensity and duration as you become more fit.
  • trainerp31
    trainerp31 Posts: 2 Member
    Fitness Blender for sure
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