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  1. High Intensity Interval Training

     
     By Lisa G. Wright

    At church last Sunday, Pastor Bill suggested this, “If you don’t work to exhaustion you’ll be exhausted all the time”! Yes to this! Yes……and this is so hard to get our clients to understand. It boils down to the law of entropy.

     

    The most common false excuse people make not to exercise is to say that, “Working out makes them even more tired”. If anything, exercising will increase your energy and endurance levels. While you exercise you may feel physically tired and exhausted at some point; however, this is not the same as being low energy all day long or always tired. It’s perfectly normal to feel fatigued after working out and exhausting your muscles.

     

    The feeling of fatigue will subside within an hour if not less. The increased level of energy that follows this recovery time is what we are talking about when we say that exercising gives you more energy. The more consistent you are with your visits to the health club, the more stabile your level of energy will be during the rest of your day.

     

    Sometimes life gets so hectic that we don’t have the choice but rather squeeze the workout in whenever we can, not to miss the opportunity to exercise. The following is a two week sample of 6 weeks of H.I.I.T. homework that we give our clients to get them off of training plateaus.

     

    Interval Training Workouts Week 1-2
    Stick to a 1:3 then a 1:2 work to rest ratio. For every interval that you work at a very high intensity you rest at virtually no intensity for an interval 2 or 3 times in length. For example if you jump rope for 30-45 seconds then you would rest for 60-90 seconds (yeah, that long).

    Believe it or not this is very hard to do because most of us have been conditioned to work at the same pace all the time (too easy or way too hard) but rest is just as important as work. If you don’t feel you need rest then you need to work much harder during your work intervals.

    3 min. mobility warm-up (your choice)
    Dumbbell Swings 45 sec./rest 90 sec.
    Burpees 45 sec./rest 90 sec.
    Alternate back and forth between exercises for 20 min.
    2 minute dynamic flexibility cool down

    3 min. mobility warm-up
    Dumbbell Swings 30 sec./rest 60 sec.
    Burpees 30 sec./rest 60 sec.
    Alternate back and forth between exercises for 20 min.
    2 minute dynamic flexibility cool down

     

    However you go about it is up to you but working out and staying active will give you more energy and keep your energy levels higher throughout the day either way!

     

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