Today is Thursday, and so far this week has been fairly light on workouts. Yesterday I ran four miles outside in a heat index of one hundred degrees. A few weeks ago that would have been a difficult run but, yesterday was a different story; I’m going to have to credit the HIIT’s with that. One more benefit I can add to the list.
Since I don’t have much to add for this week so far, I will go into a little more detail on today’s workout. First, I began with a two minute warm-up run and fifty jumping jacks to get my blood flowing. I then did six sets of squats using a pyramid routine. For those not familiar I will explain what that is. Start off with a weight you can manage to do ten good repetitions with, then for the next set, add weight and go down to eight reps. Work your way down to your max weight with two reps. There is no exact science to conducting a pyramid but, that’s the way I like to. I’ve read it’s the best way to improve your strength.
For today I still wanted to get a HIIT workout in so that’s what I finished with; just a shorter version. I usually don’t do a leg workout prior to running so it definitely slowed me down. However, it was a change from my normal routine which is always a good thing when you’re trying to improve your overall fitness. In short, the HIIT today consisted of only push-ups and planks for forty-five seconds each with no rest in between, followed by a forty-five second rest, then jogging a lap around the track, no sprints. After the squats, fifteen minutes of that was plenty. For tomorrow I will focus only on conducting a HIIT and attempt to go for my longest time yet, forty-five minutes.
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