Find the best HIIT workout for you

What does HIIT stand for? 

High Intensity Interval Training 

What are some HIIT workouts? 

Tabata 

Tabata is good for beginners and athletes. The workout consists of 8 rounds of work broken up by 20 seconds of work and 10 seconds of rest until you reach four minutes. Then, you move on to the next exercise. This type of workout targets glutes, quadriceps, core, back muscles.

Exercises to get started: squats, crunches, high knees, lunges. 

Advanced exercises: dynamic squats, burpees with push-ups, spiderman plank, bulgarian squats with jump.

Cardio HIIT

Cardio HIIT focuses on elevating your heart rate, get ready to experience multiple benefits, including burning calories, improving your bone density, and your cardiovascular system. This type of workout targets glutes, quadriceps, hamstrings, core, lower-back.

Full-body HIIT

A full-body is more effective than a long session of cardio and is ideal for losing weight and toning your muscles.This workout targets your glutes, quadriceps, core, shoulders

Exercises for beginners: push-ups, sidekicks, bear crawls.

Advanced exercises: mountain climbers, curtsy lunges, handstand push-up, plank with hip dips.

HIIT with weights

Adding weights to your HIIT workout can increase muscular strength, bone density, and even work your heart muscles. This workout targets your glutes, quadriceps, hamstrings, hip muscles, triceps, shoulders.

Exercises for beginners: squats, shoulder press, later and front raises.

Advanced exercises: back fly, romanian deadlift, tricep extensions.

How does a HIIT workout benefit you? 

HIIT is a great way to lose weight, tone muscle, build strength, mobility, and flexibility. HIIT gives you the ability to find a set of workouts that directly can help your goals. 

Here at Excel we strive to achieve total body wellness. With that, we offer a wide variety of classes HIIT being one of them! HIIT the beat with our instructor Aya is an additional class we offer. Join us this Saturday 8/13 from 9:30-10:30 am OR stay on the lookout for the next HIIT the beat class through our social media and website!