HIIT - Your Daily Dose Winning Workout Formula
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High Intensity Interval Training or HIIT describes any workout that alternates between intense bursts of activity and fixed periods of less intense activity or complete rest. For most people, it is associated with a cardio workout performed at short bursts and rests in between. Designed to make you sweat and pant more, the point of HIIT is for people to push themselves to the maximum every set, making the training more intense.
If done right, HIIT is an effective way to work out and achieve your fitness goals. HIIT is extremely effective for fat loss for two main reasons. One, you burn more fat during interval workouts than during steady-state training. A 2019 review found that people burned nearly 29 percent more fat through HIIT than through moderate-intensity, steady-state workouts.
Then there's the EPOC effect (Excess Post Exercise Oxygen Consumption) or Afterburn Effect. After working out, your body is in an oxygen deficit that it has to work to make up. So even though your workout is over, you're still consuming oxygen at a higher rate, which requires more energy, which means you're burning more calories. The EPOC effect kicks in the hardest after HIIT, and while it doesn't last for hours and doesn't burn hundreds of calories, it's still helping you towards your fat loss goals..
HIIT sessions, while effective, can be hard on your body. Here at Your Daily Dose, we aim that you do them on non-consecutive days of the week. This allows you time for recovery, and ultimately burn fat and build LEAN muscle.
Our clients at Your Daily Dose follow our recommended weekly schedule, with a maximum of three HIIT days per week:
Monday: HIIT + strength
Tuesday: steady-state
Wednesday: HIIT + strength
Thursday: steady-state ( Yoga with Chow)
Friday: HIIT + Strength
Saturday: steady-state
Sunday: rest day
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