Why High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) needs to be part of your workout.
1. It’s Efficient
Perfect for your busy schedule.
Research shows you can achieve more progress in a mere 15 minutes of interval training than jogging on the treadmill for an hour.
According to a 2011 study presented at the American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting just 2 weeks of HIIT training improves your aerobic capacity as much as 6-8 weeks of endurance training.
Achieved a Personal Best time in the Blackmore’s half marathon due ENTIRELY to the HIIT workouts.
– Amanda Fuller
2. You Will Burn More Fat
Not only do you burn more calories during a HIIT workout but the effect of all that intense exertion kicks your metabolism into hyperdrive. That means you burn more fat and calories in the 24 hours AFTER a HIIT workout than you do after, say, a steady-paced run.
There is a growing body of evidence that support this including…
A 2001 study from East Tennessee State University in the US with obese subjects who followed an 8-week HIIT program dropped 2% body fat compared to zero percentage body fat lost over the same period of time for those who followed a continuous steady-state program on a treadmill!
And a new study published in the American Journal of Physiology sheds some light on another way that HIIT burns more body fat. Researchers reported that 6 weeks of HIIT increased the amount of special proteins in muscle that are responsible for carrying fat into the mitochondria – where fat is burned away for fuel – by up to 50%! Having more of these proteins in muscle means that more fat can be burned up for fuel during workouts AND when resting.
No wonder…
I have lost 6 kilos and 12cm off my waist. Very happy. Would not have believed I could have such a huge result in just 6 weeks.
– Judy Bradbery
3. You Will Build A Healthier Heart
Most people aren’t used to pushing into the anaerobic zone (where you can hardly breathe and you feel like your heart is going to jump out of your chest) like you do with HIIT workouts.
But research shows us that after a few weeks of HIIT, your endurance level could well double compared to exercising at a steady pace.
4. Any Equipment or No Equipment Necessary
Forget about cardio versus weights. If you’re doing HIIT right you get a strong workout that is also resistance training, using your body as the weight!
You can also use a jump rope, with weights, with strength bands…the possibilities are endless!
5. Lose Weight Not Muscle
Perfect for your busy schedule.
Research shows you can achieve more progress in a mere 15 minutes of interval training than jogging on the treadmill for an hour.
According to a 2011 study presented at the American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting just 2 weeks of HIIT training improves your aerobic capacity as much as 6-8 weeks of endurance training.
6. Increase Your Metabolism
As our lives become more sedentary the natural decrease in metabolism as we age becomes more pronounced. HIIT stimulates production of your human growth hormone(HGH) by up to 450% during the 24 hours after you finish your workout.
Not only is HGH responsible for the increase in calories burned but it also slows down the ageing process making you younger both inside and out!
7. You Can Do It Anywhere
It’s such a simple concept – go at maximum effort for a short period of time followed by a recovery period and repeat. You can adapt it to whatever time and space constraints you have.
8. It’s Seriously Challenging
HIIT is designed to be hard work.
The aim is to push your limits and get you as close to your threshold as you can go.
It’s tempting when you’re doing it on your own to slack off before you get to that point. If you do, your workouts won’t be as effective that way.
Sweat is GOOD. Very good!
Remember, it’s NOT Medium Intensity Interval Training. It’a HIGH! Got it?
That’s why we have HIIT Classes at Perfect Fit designed specifically to keep you engaged, working to your max and of course, getting results!
30 – 40 minutes of high intensity interval training
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