HIIT interval apps -- recommend yours!

[Anonymous]

I am looking for a HIIT app. One that allows use of dumb bells to gain a better variety of workouts would be great (in addition to bodyweight work outs).

Do you have a HIIT app you like?

Also, does the HIIT training *really* work? I'm so used to spending 45-60 minutes on each work out, that doing it in 10-15 minutes (or less) seems unbelievable.

[Anonymous]

I think it would be hard to do a truly HIIT workout with dumb bells. The studies were done with bikes. You could also use a treadmill or an elliptical.

HIIT really helps me with weight loss, but it's not the only thing I do, by any means. I do my weight training separately and usually have some longer hikes or other things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it would be hard to do a truly HIIT workout with dumb bells. The studies were done with bikes. You could also use a treadmill or an elliptical.

HIIT really helps me with weight loss, but it's not the only thing I do, by any means. I do my weight training separately and usually have some longer hikes or other things.

Ah, thanks, good to know! I'm overweight, but love to work out. I just don't have the time right now to devote my usual hour in the gym 4-5 days per week, so to get me through the next 1-2 months, am considering trying HIIT workouts that I can do at home at 5am. I'm 4 months postpartum and need to jumpstart my weight loss (I'm already doing well with regard to the food intake portion of the equation).

Can you give me an idea of how much you do per week in addition to your HIIT workouts? How many HIIT workouts do you do per week?

[Anonymous]

I see why you're confused -- when I tried to google "HIIT for beginners," I got a ton of stuff that is NOT HIIT at all.

Here's one example: warmup on cardio machine of choice for 3-5 minutes. Then go all out (seriously, as hard as you possibly can -- you should be DYING at the end) for 20 seconds. Recover for 60 seconds, then go again. You can vary the length of the intervals. Try for 3 repetitions to begin.

There's a lot of stuff about interval training out there, but in my uneducated opinion, they aren't true "high-intensity intervals." Googling "tabata" might be give better results.

You might like T25. It's my favorite at home workout if you're pressed for time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it would be hard to do a truly HIIT workout with dumb bells. The studies were done with bikes. You could also use a treadmill or an elliptical.

HIIT really helps me with weight loss, but it's not the only thing I do, by any means. I do my weight training separately and usually have some longer hikes or other things.

Ah, thanks, good to know! I'm overweight, but love to work out. I just don't have the time right now to devote my usual hour in the gym 4-5 days per week, so to get me through the next 1-2 months, am considering trying HIIT workouts that I can do at home at 5am. I'm 4 months postpartum and need to jumpstart my weight loss (I'm already doing well with regard to the food intake portion of the equation).

Can you give me an idea of how much you do per week in addition to your HIIT workouts? How many HIIT workouts do you do per week?

Check out Linday Brin's workouts - they are specifically designed for post partum moms. https://www.momsintofitness.com/about-lindsay-brin/

I've been doing the postnatal slimdown workouts and find them very effective. I plan to try her "pretty fierce" series when I'm done with the slimdown.

[Anonymous]

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