Doing cardio isn’t the most glamorous part of ones workout routine but, with a few simple tips you’ll be on your way to a more enjoyable, and effective HIIT workout.
Many active individuals still fuss about the cardio aspect of their workout routine. It is one of the most avoided aspects of working out. Most would rather do less taxing activities.
This is where HIIT comes in. HIIT helps get you leaner, and fitter while ensuring that you’re not working a moment longer than you have to doing cardio.
HIIT changes the way you do your cardio by trading the typical steady state cardio workout done for a set amount of time for brisk, quick workout bursts with more frequent recovery brakes.
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EASE IN GRADUALLY
If you haven’t been including cardio work into your fitness regimen previously, you will want to begin the transition to incorporate HIIT carefully. Get in the habit of doing basic steady state cardio exercise for 20 min then slowly you can begin to incorporate breaks into your workout, while increasing the intensity over a few weeks. By working with a trainer or in a group fitness class you can have a fitness professionally help you with the transition.
In the beginning, many people find HIIT too challenging to complete a full HIIT session. That is okay. Your body will adapt to the intensity of HIIT if you begin to incorporate breaks of around 30 seconds into your workouts while increasing the intensity each time.
As you get fitter, and your health continues to improve you will find that it becomes easier to shorten the burst of high intensity cardio your are doing while increasing the frequency of the breaks you are taking. The ultimate goal is to be performing everything in short burst from the warm-up through the end of your