Hey everyone, Happy Friday!
First of all, THANK YOU so much for all your congratulatory messages yesterday! Knowing I passed has been such a relief; definitely a huge weight lifted off my shoulders!
I’ve mentioned many times the benefits of high intensity interval training, but here’s a quick refresher:
What is HIIT?
High Intensity Interval Training is using intervals in your workout, alternating between low/medium intensity and high intensity bursts. For example, you could do burpees for 45 seconds, rest for 15 seconds, and repeat. More often, I use HIIT when I’m running or on the elliptical and alternating between higher and lower speeds.
The benefits of HIIT training include efficiency in workout time, increased metabolism, better cardiovascular health and no equipment necessary!
For more information on the benefits of HIIT and for a treadmill HIIT workout, check out this post.
Today, I have an HIIT Elliptical Workout for you all! I call it a “beginner” workout because I did this last week after not having done any sort of HIIT exercise for a couple months. I wanted to ease myself back into it, so I made the low intensity interval longer and made sure to get in a good warm up and cool down.
Beginner HIIT Elliptical Workout:
If you’d like to increase the intensity of the workout, I’d recommend shortening the medium intensity intervals to 30 seconds so that you are doing 30 seconds sprint and 30 seconds recovery.
You could also use this workout for running or walking on the treadmill, using speed or incline to change between higher and lower intensity.
Do you incorporate HIIT into your workouts?
Which do you prefer: treadmill or elliptical?
What’s your workout today?
PLEASE note that I am not a certified personal trainer and to consult with your doctor or a certified trainer before making significant alterations to your exercise routine.
i’ve never done intervals on the elliptical! well i always set it to intervals, but never have made them up myself haha
I started doing it because of Tina’s Best Body Bootcamp! I couldn’t run every day (especially when injured) so I did her interval workouts on the elliptical!
Oh hey! Its me. Question: How do you increase the intensity on the elliptical? Do you turn up the level or go faster or both? I always find the elliptical to be a bore…and too easy. Tips please, expert lady!
I go faster! I look at my “speed” I think it’s like steps per min or rotations per min, and I tell myself things like, keep it above 180 (or whatever) during the high intensity.
This is awesome! I am not a big fan of the threadmill but eh what can you do, sometimes it’s just what you gotta do!
Oh I actually love the treadmill… haha. That’s why I do things like this for the elliptical, because I get bored on it!
Off to run today.
I prefer the elliptical over the treadmill. The treadmill pains my legs.
Yay runs!
This sounds fun! Intervals are a great way to make time go faster and mix things up a bit. I haven’t used an elliptical in ages because I haven’t had a gym membership. I do enjoy it though!
You could definitely do this on the treadmill!
This is great! I may have to see if my leg will hold up on the elliptical for this since the PT ok’d using one. I’ve never used a treadmill, but have an elliptical in my basement so this is convenient!
Oh good! I wish I had an elliptical (Well really I’d prefer a treadmill…) at home, but luckily my gym is just a half mile walk!
I love HIIT workouts – they’re basically my choice of cardio these days, but I usually do them on the treadmill. Today I tried a ‘physique’ class…I think it’s along the same lines as the Barre method. My legs are still pretty shaky!
Whew! I’ve never tried physique but I’ve heard it’s a lot harder than people might think!
Ewwww I hate that thing (the elliptical). But at least this would keep it interesting! What I really should do is incorporate this on my bike rides!
Yes, you could definitely do this on your bike, do faster bursts for 30 seconds! I think it makes the time pass much more quickly.
I love doing intervals on just about any equipment or cardio option. So this is fab!
Once again, CONGRATS!!!! <3
Awwww thanks, Annette!
Thanks for sharing. I need to try this on elliptical & treadmill. I’ve had some health stuff sideline my workouts. This will be good to try when I get back into a routine.
I hope you’re feeling better soon!
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