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Originally Posted by mel
I love reading this thread! It continues to be eye opening. Today, I'm going to play with those body weight HIIT workouts up there.
I went ahead and used the first two interval workouts in the book this week. I did them on the treddy. The first workout looked like this:
Warm up for 2 @ 3mph/ 1 @ 5 mph
1 min @ 8 mph
2 min @ 3 mph
1 min @ 8 mph
2 min @ 3 mph
1 min @ 8 mph
2 min @ 3 mph
1 min @ 8 mph
2 min @ 3 mph
The second workout was
Warm up for 2 @ 3mph/ 1 @ 5 mph
1 min @ 8
2 min @ 3
1 min @9
2 min @3
1 min @9
2 min @3
1 min @ 9
2 min @ 3
1 min @ 9
2 min @3
I enjoyed these very much. I can't believe how much harder I am able to push the sprints now that I am going all the way down to a walk for the rests. Before, I would be jogging at 5.5 on the rests and running at 7.5....much closer to steady state. I followed the advice of the video Natalia posted up above and jumped off the belt at the end of the sprint and then decreased the speed to walking. I got those weird looks too.
Now, I really felt the spike in heart rate, and in metabolism. I am freaking ravenous after these workouts.
In short, I'm lovin it and can't wait until I work 10 mph into the next one!
mel
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Sounds like a great HIIT workout, Mel. All day after that workout my body felt like a freakin' furnace.
Oh, cool new profile pic. What's that under your head though?