Masters of Health Magazine October 2019 | Page 12

Sample Travel-Friendly HIIT Workout

For many people, lack of time, equipment, or space are the main excuses they come up with for skipping a workout. This is one of the main reasons I love equipment HIIT workouts so much: they’re short, require nothing but your own body weight, and incredibly effective.

Below is a sample HIIT workout you can do using no equipment at all. Give this workout a try the next time you’re traveling, short on time, or just don’t feel like going to the gym.

Keep in mind that the more you push yourself during the workout, the more you’ll get out of it. It’s only 12 minutes—you’ve got this!

Workout Instructions:

Set an interval timer to 18 rounds of 10 second and 30 second intervals.

Rest on the 10 second intervals, then work as hard as you can (think: sprinting) on the 30 second intervals.

You’ll end up going through the following exercises three times.

Exercises (click on each video below for instructions) :

Burpees

•From standing, drop down into a push up position and do a full push up.

•Jump your feet back toward your hands and immediately jump up explosively and clap your hands at the top.

Side lunges

•Stand straight with your legs wider than hip-width apart.

•Bend one knee as far as you can while keeping the other leg straight to the side.

•Raise back up and repeat on the opposite side.

Squat Jumps

•Lower to a squat position with your feet about shoulder-width apart.

•Jump straight up as explosively as you can. Land back in a squat and repeat.