Is this a HIIT workout?

ummommyme
ummommyme Posts: 362 Member
edited October 5 in Fitness and Exercise
I did 20 sec.on 10 rest for 4 min. Squat thrusts, mountain climber,high knees, jumping jacks. Then i did a home workout of 2 1/2 mile walk jog. Should i try and get another 4 min. in after the walk? I don't know that i could yet but should i strive for that?

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  • mikeyml
    mikeyml Posts: 568 Member
    It's a good workout but I don't know if it qualifies as HIIT. I think the 4 minute rest might be too long. Someone more experienced could possibly explain it better but my experience with HIIT is this:

    A high intensity burst followed by a short rest to lower heart rate, then followed by another high intensity burst.

    For example, my HIIT looks like this -

    30 seconds full speed on bike
    30 seconds rest
    30 seconds full speed on Versa climber
    30 seconds rest
    30 seconds doing med ball slams
    60 second rest

    repeat 8 times
  • ummommyme
    ummommyme Posts: 362 Member
    it's a 10 sec rest and a total of 4 minutes of the workout. So two sets of each thing, 20 on 10 rest.
  • ummommyme
    ummommyme Posts: 362 Member
    bump
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