PNF Fit Tip #4

Make Your HIIT Workouts More Effective

High-Intensity Interval Training is great for conditioning the body and burning fat. However, many people do it wrong. True HIIT Workouts should only last 10-20 minutes and should have a one to three work to rest ratio, if not a four to one. But, like all things this has been taken to extremes and we now have “HIIT” workouts lasting 45 plus minutes and using very short rest periods. This isn’t HIIT, that is endurance conditioning and is not the most effective way to build work capacity or burn fat.

Here is a fun way to incorporate a HIIT Workout into your routine.

Pick one exercise and a set number of reps. Every time the timer beeps do that number of reps and then rest the remainder of the minute. Again the reps should only take 15-20 seconds max to complete. Start with 10 minutes and build up 20 minutes over time.