Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 379, Messages: 54577

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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HIIT Routine?

slvrstr526
slvrstr526
Posts: 6
Joined: 2008/01/16
United States
2009/01/26, 04:45 PM
Hi all! I'm a 26 year old female, 5'2 135lbs and was wondering if anyone could evalute my HIIT routine. I just started this a few days ago and am hoping its the correct way of doing it. I'd like to shed this extra fat I have!
Here is my routine:

3 min warmup at 3.0mph
30 seconds at 7.7mph
1 minute of recovery at 3.3mph
30 seconds at 7.7
1 minute of recovery at 3.3mph
... this is repeated for 24 minutes, then a 3 minute cool down.

Any help is greatly appreciateD!!!!
dan_into
dan_into
Posts: 69
Joined: 2008/11/12
United States
2009/01/28, 12:39 PM
7.7 MPH is roughly a 7:45 minute mile pace which is not exactly an intense sprint. Unless you're severely overweight (which you're not) or have other limiting factors I would strongly suggest doing it like this:

begin with stretching and 3 minutes of jogging
then 30 sec of sprinting as fast as you can
then 1 minute of walking
30 sec of sprinting as fast as you can
repeat for 25 minutes ending with 3 minutes of walking and a good stretch routine
This will make you want to die but you WILL see quick results

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