If you’re like me when it comes to fitness, you’re goal is not to look like a model or athlete. My main goal is to maintain a healthy body fat percentage, and keep a decent amount of muscle mass. I’m by no means a physical fitness guru, but it’s important enough for me to always be researching and attempting new ways to improve. Ultimately, I try to focus on a routine that is interesting to me and fits my schedule. For me that involves running, heavier on body weight exercises, and overall a 30-45 minute time period.
The most recent workout routine I’ve gotten into is HIIT, or (High Intensity Interval Training). I was actually doing my own version of one without realizing it. Then, one day I read an article about these so called high intensity fitness routines and noticed several similarities to what I was doing. What stood out most to me was the benefits these intense workouts have. These benefits include increased fat loss, muscle gain, and increased cardio endurance over a typical moderate workout conducted in more time. The other great concept to a HIIT is you can use just about any combination of exercises as long as you follow the two most important rules: You have to put in at least 90% when you’re in go mode, and allow a short time to rest in between each set.
Since I just started with the HIIT’s and haven’t been doing them exactly as intense as I could, I haven’t noticed any change. For the next several weeks I will be incorporating a HIIT into my fitness routine 3 days a week, with 2 days of a more moderate workout in between. I will also allow myself 2 days per week for rest. I will generally keep my diet the same but, naturally I will probably want to eat healthier. So, in my next post I will go into further detail of my routine, as well as go more in depth about any positive or negative results I may be seeing.
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