<a href="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/HIIT-6.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1679 alignright" src="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/HIIT-6-300x300.jpg" alt="HIIT - High intensity interval training - Bootcamp - Nanaimo - weight loss - personal training -personal trainer" width="300" height="300" /></a>I love HIIT. HIIT stand for high intensity interval training. It's a highly effective training method that can get you in the best shape in least amount of time. Since I am a mom I don't have 2hours a day to devote to a gym, my time is limited. I now use HIIT to train and love it. Instead of taking so many rest like I had been previously been doing in a gym I can do much more in less time.   It allows me to be more present with the exercise I am doing and not have to worry about  counting repetitions. It can be more. Remember when you stay in our comfort zone you don't have the results you want. We have to get out of our comfort zone to get where we want to be. For example if you do cardiovascular exercise using the treadmill or the elliptic, it would be a good idea to switch thing<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-CA">s</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> up. You can warm up for 5 minutes then do 30 seconds jogging, running or sprinting, then 90 seconds </span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-CA">of </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">fast pace walking. Do 5-10 intervals like these and then your regular stretch. That way you will burn more calories and improve your overall fitness. </span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I use HIIT for strength training as well. There are so many different way</span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-CA">s</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> of doing it but </span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-CA">I </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">want to share with you my favorite ways of doing it. </span></span></span>
<h3><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">1- 30/10 </span></span></span></h3>
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Choose four different strength exercise</span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-CA">s</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">. For example; squat or jump squat, push up, lunge or jump lunge and plank. Then set a timer for 30 seconds on, 10 seconds off,</span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-CA"> for</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> 16 rounds. So you would perform each exercise in a circuit for 4 rounds total. This will take you 10 minutes. </span></span></span>
<h3><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">2- 20/10</span></span></span></h3>
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tabata timing is 20 seconds on, 10 seconds off and 8 rounds of it for a total of 4 minutes. This can be perform</span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-CA">ed</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> with the same exercise for the 8 rounds or 2 different exercise</span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-CA">s</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> that you alternate. </span></span></span>
<h3><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">3- 12/8 </span></span></span></h3>
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This one is an other of my favorite</span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">. You do 12 seconds of an exercise and 8 seconds harder without a pause for 3 rounds. A total of 1 minutes. For example full bodyweight squat for 12 seconds to jump squat for 8 seconds and repeat</span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-CA"> for</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> a total of three time</span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-CA">s</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">. This interval is only a minute but so intense. </span></span></span>
<h3><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">4- 45/15</span></span></span></h3>
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Another simple interval that can be use</span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-CA">d</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> is 45 seconds on, 15 seconds off and do 6 rounds. I usually use 2 different exercises or alternate side. For example step up on a chair, I would put my right leg on my chair and do 45 seconds with </span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-CA">my </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">right leg, take 15 seconds to quickly stretch and catch my breath, then switch leg. Repeat 3 times on each leg for a total of 6 rounds. </span></span></span>

I use HIIT in so many of my classes like Bootcamp, Butts &amp;Guts and I've even thought <span lang="en-CA">of using it in </span>Yoga interval<span lang="en-CA">s</span> using similar techniques to switch thing<span lang="en-CA">s</span> up. Have you use<span lang="en-CA">d</span> them before? What is your favorite HIIT? Let me know your thought<span lang="en-CA">s</span>.

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