A client emailed me a HIIT routine she wanted to try out and I asked her to allow me to do it first to see how intense it was. She found a good one! I made a couple of modifications to fit my level of running (or lack of) and switched out the strength intervals to involve some compound movement. I have to say it was challenging. I didn’t start at hard enough and by the end I had to back off because I couldn’t handle the fastest portions. It was well designed and something I’ll tinker around with and put in my Cardio Directory. It needs some little tweaks but all in all it was good.
Today’s Workout: Arms
Unfortunately I don’t have my sheet with me to track today. There were dips, OH pulses, curls, push ups (for the pup challenge), some crunches, and kickbacks. All exercises were done in superset fashion as usual.
Cardio: HIIT routine on treadmill. 2 min. warm up. Sprint 1 min. with starting base of 5.0. Off TM for 1 minute to do 20 OH Presses. Back on treadmill for 1 min. at 5.5. Off for OH presses. Continue this until you reach 8.0. Once I got to where OH Presses were frying my shoulders I switched to Lat Raises. At the 20 minute mark stop and crank incline to 15% and walk holding 8lb DBs at side for 10 minutes. I walked at 3.0. I think you should walk with the DBs by your thighs and not with a bent elbow…like you would carry grocery sacks. I then walked at 0% incline at 4.0 for five mintues and finished with 3 min. at 3.5 to further cool down.