HIIT Workout

The high intensity interval training has become an essential constituent in a variety of body building and weight loss programs. This is because it helps hasten the fat burning process to a great extent.

If the body takes in X number of calories a day, in order to lose fat, it needs to continuously burn more than X number of calories every single day. To make up for the loss, it then utilizes the reserved body fat for further.

We typically resort to time consuming cardio workouts, such as treadmills and exercise bikes that require lengthy hours of rigorous, tiring workout sessions. In addition to getting bored after a few workout sessions, our body is drained of all the energy and our joints damaged.

Extremely effective and less-time consuming, the high intensity interval training is capable of burning calories real quick. If not more, it burns the same number of calories as the normal exercises discussed above while also being able to offer more variety.

What is High intensity interval training?

A mix of fast and moderate-paced exercises, with alternating intensity levels, is included in the high intensity workout sessions, which is usually uncommon in the traditional workout sessions.

With comparatively milder physical activities, the moderately-paced sessions function as short breaks that help the body to recoup and prepare for the coming high intense session. The human body is, thereby, able to bear the intensity of the workout and sustain through prolonged sessions, not common with the typical workouts.

You may include the following in your typical workout sessions:

• Warm up – 5 minutes
• Moderate-paced jogging – 1 minute
• Fast-paced sprint – 20-30 seconds (repeat about 7 – 10 times)
• Relax/Cool down – 5 minutes

There’s no strict rule to limit you to these exercises alone. The exercises can be interchanged and alternated as follows:

• On the spot jogging or marching/skipping (jump rope)
• Cycling (vary the speeds to alternate between fast and moderate intensities)
• Burpees

While the heart beat is increased during the 15 to 20 minute high intensity sessions, the following moderate intensity session makes the body relax.

A high intensity interval workout, lasting about 30 to 40 minutes, will cast away more body fat than the regular 40 minute cardio exercises.

Coupling resistance training (using weights) with high intensity interval training workout is even more effective. The resistance training should, however, be done before the high intensity interval training workout session.

Your body automatically regresses to the anabolic phase restricting fat loss if your resistance training is followed by traditional cardio exercises. Pairing resistance training with the high intensity interval workout, on the other hand, will hasten the body's metabolism to a large extent, which helps repair muscles much faster. Every body building or weight losscurricula must, therefore, consider this training an essential constituent for its undeniablebenefits with respect to effectiveness and time.

For even faster and safe results, follow your HIIT workout with  suitable workout recovery nutrition.