HITT 101
So, we talked about the benefits of HIIT training.
Do you want to try?
Do you want to challenge yourself?
Here are a couple of circuits that will engage every muscle of your body and make you sweat in no time.
How does it work?
- Each circuit lasts less than six minutes, but you will feel each one of them.
- Each circuit has 5 exercises: 3 will mainly engage your lower body; 2 will mainly focus on your upper body.
- You may notice that there are no specific abs exercises; however, your core will be engaged throughout all the exercises.
- Each exercise lasts 40 seconds with 20 seconds of rest.
- You can repeat each circuit as many times as you want, but you should consider to do one circuit at least twice to be able to maximize your training.
- At the end of each circuit, you can take a minute rest to recover.
What do you need?
You will not need anything but yourself and your willingness to keep going, even though a mat would probably make some of the exercises easier and more comfortable.
Also we suggest you download any HIIT and Tabata timer app on your phone, to make sure you are on track with your intervals.
CIRCUIT 1
 | Exercise | Time |
1 | Pulse squats | 40’ |
 | Rest | 20’ |
2 | Shoulder tap | 40’ |
 | Rest | 20’ |
3 | Mountain climber | 40’ |
 | Rest | 20’ |
4 | Jab and cross (shadow boxing) | 40’ |
 | Rest | 20’ |
5 | Half Burpee | 40’ |
 | Rest | 20-60’ |
CIRCUIT 2
 | Exercise | Time |
1 | Backward lunges | 40’ |
 | Rest | 20’ |
2 | Plank | 40’ |
 | Rest | 20’ |
3 | Jumping jack | 40’ |
 | Rest | 20’ |
4 | Push up | 40’ |
 | Rest | 20’ |
5 | X Jumps | 40’ |
 | Rest | 20-60’ |
-Train hard!