Hiit recommendation

chases0102

Hi folks,

Can anyone recommend a HIIT routine? As always, the internet is flooded with information, and was just wondering if anyone here could recommend a particular routine that may have worked for them? I have kettlebells and dumbbells, should they form part of it.

I'm a new Dad, and recently moved house too, so therefore exercise has taken a backseat recently.

Trying to use HIIT to reduce this unsightly Dad's ouch I seem to have developed, and generally my fitness levels too - any activity recently has me short of breath, it's not ideal!!!

Thanks folks

Mellor

chases0102 wrote: »

Can anyone recommend a HIIT routine? As always, the internet is flooded with information, and was just wondering if anyone here could recommend a particular routine that may have worked for them?

HIIT should be a tool in your toolbox. Not the entire program imo.

I have kettlebells and dumbbells, should they form part of it.

Technically it's possible. But it requires a load in the right range. It's much easier to find the right intensity with cardio based movements.
People doing "HIIT pressups" (or similar resistance moves) are working hard, but the tempo slows so much by the end of the round that it's not hit.

By all means though, use the DBs and KBs to form part of your routine. The resistance training, metcon/intervals work.

Trying to use HIIT to reduce this unsightly Dad's ouch I seem to have developed, and generally my fitness levels too - any activity recently has me short of breath, it's not ideal!!!

Diet
Strength Training
HIIT/Conditioning
Cardiovascular training
Mobility

HIIT is one piece of the puzzle

LincolnHawk

Congrats on the baby and the house!
Track what you're eating as a priority.... Abs are built in the kitchen and all that.

chases0102

Thanks for that folks!

bladespin

Bodycoach full body hiit, dropped a stone with that baby (and proper nutrition of course).

Mellor

bladespin wrote: »

Bodycoach full body hiit,

That's a good example of what I was taking about. It's not HIIT. It's just circuit training with a gimmicky label attached. Nothing wrong with it as a training template per se. But using studies on tabata/HIIT as tacked on science is misleading and unprofessional.
(In case it's not obvious, I'm having a go at the likes of Joe Wicks for flogging it, not your suggestion itself)

bladespin

Well, I know Joe Wicks is commercial but that w/o had me thinking I was having a heart attack several times (really), more so than sprint intervals etc ever did. I used the exercises in there as a template for my own and adjusted as I felt like it but I have to say the results were good.