Looking For An Effective Fat Burning Routine? Try HIIT

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If you have never heard about the program HIIT, it stands for High Intensity Interval Training. I have seen no other form of cardio that is as effective as HIIT. It in short HIIT is sprint for a short period of time, then jog to recover. This is done about 15 times give or take. Some people advocate 1 minute sprint followed by 2 minutes of jogging. Thats pretty tough, to start off you'll want to maybe do 20-30 seconds of sprinting followed by enough time to catch your breath.

HIIT can be done on machines in the gym like the bike or the treadmill but from what I have experienced, running outside is much better. Use a treadmill if you have to; however, it can hinder your performance having to wait for the treadmill to speed up before you are fully sprinting.

HIIT has numerous benefits, some of them include decreased training time. Some steady state programs have you running for 20, 30, even 40+ minutes. HIIT takes about 15 minutes. Thats it. Another benefit of the program is that your metabolism keeps revving for hours after your finished your workout so your burn even more fat.

It may take some time to adjust to doing this routine as your body may not be use to the sprinting, or even the jogging. So start slowly and modify the program to where your fitness level is at.

This program should be done 2-3 times a week, 15 minutes a session.