Challenge Of The Week: HIIT Body Blast

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Want to slim down and tone up for beach-body shape? All you need is your body and this high-intensity interval-training (HIIT) plan to blast fat and develop lean muscle tone from head to toe!

HIIT has the fitness industry buzzing because of its potential to burn maximum calories, keeps your heart rate up and burn more fat in less time. The idea is that an individual do short periods of intensive work followed with minimal rest in between moves to make the body work harder than it does during steady-state cardio.

Try these 3 HIIT Circuits to Burn Fat and Boost Your Metabolism

1.      Sprint Interval Workout (simple yet very effective)

Total time: 12 minutes

30 seconds sprint then 40 seconds brisk walk. Repeat this 10 times.
(This can be done either outdoors or on a treadmill and ensure you are performing at 95-100% intensity during your sprints.)

 

2.      Abs Interval Workout

Directions: complete the following circuit four times, resting 1 minute after the half-burpees in each round.

Crunches
Reps: 50

Bicycle Crunches
Duration: 1 min.

Situps
Reps: 15

Hanging Knee Raises
Reps: 15

Oblique Crunches
Reps: 20 (each side)

Half Burpees
Duration: 20 sec.

  

3.      Cardio Interval Workout

Directions; omplete the following circuit four times, resting 1 minute after jumping rope in each round.

Mountain Climbers
Reps: 45

Pushups
Reps: 20-30

Front Plank
Duration: 1 min.

Jump Rope: 1 min.

I recommend you do HIIT workout 4-5 times a week for fat loss (try not to do it on consecutive days). If you’re already doing a weight lifting or cardio program then you can incorporate a few HIIT sessions in a week to accelerate fat loss.