HIIT workout. 5 Rounds. Go!

I just did a fantastic HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) workout and thought I'd share it with you all.

What you need:

• Enough room for the length of your body and as high as you can reach
• A Kettlebell (or dumbbell)
• Yourself

Conditions:

• 5 rounds
• 10 repetitions

The movements:

• Burpees
• Kettlebell swings
• Kettlebell thrusters
• Bicep curls (10 each arm)
• Sit ups

Try and keep your rest between rounds low. 30-60 seconds is long enough. This should be a quick and intense workout. 

I used a 16kg kettlebell but the weight you'll be using is based solely upon yourself (or what you own). If you don't have a kettlebell then dumbbells can make a good alternative. If you have neither then stay tuned for future workouts by subscribing to this blog. Workouts are customisable, if 10 reps is too low, do 15, if 10 reps is too high, do 5 or 8. Keep it intense, that's the key!

Top tip! In later rounds take your time with the swings and curls, these are your 'active recovery' movements, breathe, recover and destroy the burpees and thrusters.

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Mean and Lean HIIT Workout

Hey! So we all want to burn fat in the quickest time possible. Lucky for us, there's HIIT. HIIT stands for High Intensity Interval Training, and there's loads of different styles and variants. But the basic idea is to raise your heart rate with really intense short bursts of physical activity.

So today I'm gonna share with you a really great, quick and simple HIIT workout that is customisable as well.

You will need:

• Yourself
• 20m stretch of area, be it a garden, a field or the street.

To start off with make sure you do a proper warm up and dynamic stretching routine, always train safe.

Mark out your 20m (roughly) stretch, this is your sprinting section.

So here's what you're going to do:

• 10 press ups
• Sprint 20m and back
• 10 jump squats
• Sprint 20m and back
• 10 jumping lunges
• Sprint 20m and back
• 10 sit ups
• Sprint 20m and back
• Rest 30-60 seconds
• Repeat

Do this for 5 rounds. It's going to be tough, but keep it up.

The distance is customisable, if a total 40m sprint is too much, drop it, if it's not enough, raise it.

The exercises and the reps are customisable too, change the rep range up or down and change up the exercises too.

Hope you enjoy this HIIT routine and benefit from it! 

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