5 Ways to Get a Great HIIT Workout

Confidence comes from discipline and training.
––Robert Kiyosaki

As defined by the American Council of Exercise (ACE), high intensity interval training (HIIT) is a style of training in which a spell of intense work is followed by a short rest or active recovery period in a sequence of intervals lasting up to 25-30 minutes. HIIT owes its popularity to time efficiency and productivity. In other words, you can get the same or better results for cardiovascular and muscular fitness from a short HIIT session and from a longer steady-state cardio session.
 
Not many of us would put “HIIT” and “fun” in the same sentence, though. In fact, some may be too intimidated to try it, thinking it’s too hard, and they miss out on its benefits. In this article, I’m going to share five strategies to make HIIT an effective and enjoyable constant in a training programme. These tips are based on my own HIIT workouts, done at home with minimal or no equipment, which makes them also budget-friendly. Score!

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