HIIT Training is high intensity interval training. This technique has you train at a high intensity (80 - 90% of maximum heart rate) for a short period of time (20 - 30 seconds) followed by a moderate intensity (60 - 70% of maximum heart rate) for 60 - 90 seconds. For example: burpies 30 seconds/walking knees up 90 seconds or skipping 20 seconds/squat walk 60 seconds. This type of training keeps your heart rate elevated and burns more fat in less time. I do suggest you use a heart rate monitor. The need for oxygen increases during exercise and continues after exercise is complete. This after-burn effect is know as EPOC “excess post-exercise oxygen consumption. This is the reason intense exercise helps burn more calories and fat than other types of training.
How to fit HIIT into your schedule? Try adding 2 HIIT sessions per week into your training. Remember to also include steady state training as well to build your endurance. Need help figuring out your heart rate zones?Contact me and I’ll be happy to help.
Where to find a HIIT session...Thursday’s at 8:00am I offer a Trailfit/Tabata program. We meet outdoors for Trail Fit at LaSalle Park when the weather is nice, or indoors at Fit For Life for Tabata.
To register contact me at 905-320-0462 or jillholden1@hotmail.com
