Monday 13 February 2012

HIIT Training

What is HIIT?  High Intensity Interval Training.

Are you fed up with long drawn out sessions on the treadmill or Cross Trainer bored of mile after mile of staring at the back of someones head?

If you are looking for fast results for fat burning and improved fitness than HIIT is going to be for you.

HIIT training will have you training at different intensities for predesigned times pushing your speed, heart rate and intensity higher than if you were to go slow and steady.

Effective HIIT training can be used for just 10mins at the start or end of your regular gym session, or as in some clubs a full class will be devoted it such as Spinning or Total Cardio.

An example of HIIT training on a bike would be as follows


1min @ 70RPM
1min @ 90RPM
1min @ 70RPM
1min @ 100RPM
1min @ 70RPM
1min @ 110RPM

So next time you are due to perform cardio training, try  10-15 minutes of maximum effort training and you  will feel like you have had a more demanding and effective workout than you have previously experienced.

Remeber maximum effort, maximum results.