High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) literally means "high intensity interval training". Concretely, this is a global method that combines intense activities, practiced over short periods of time, with moments of recovery ... active! Ultra effective to melt and muscle. Blow out and embark on a HIIT activity, a guaranteed metamorphosis!
The Bootcamp
Originally, the bootcamp is this GI-style military training conducted with energy by an instructor. In group, without respite, and especially thoroughly.Adapted to Mme and M. Toutlemonde, this consists of sessions of minimum 45 minutes, practicing outside. Moreover, one does not hesitate to use the urban furniture, the trunks of cut trees, the bumps, a trick to carry, and one is not afraid of the weather conditions. In short, we go into warrior mode!What do we do? All ! And above all in the form of a challenge, the group being an excellent motivator. Abdos, squats, pumps, climbing stairs, etc. Provided that it is energetic. Assessment: excellent for cardio, ultra muscle, and outdoor, which is top for health.Where to practice? Pretty much everywhere. Thus Urban Challenge offers very fun courses, lavished by firemen coaches in Lyon and Paris.
Cross Training
We already talked about it here several years ago, and Cross Training (or crossfit) always has the wind in its sails. This activity consists of a bodybuilding method that plays not on the swell but on the power.It is therefore necessary to strengthen, to tone, with great reinforcements of short but physical exercises. Here you are told of WOD (workout of the day), your duties to do in short, and you practice not in a gym but in a "box" (gyms specifically intended for Cross Traning).What do we do? Lower body, power limbs, cardio, coordination of movements and also ... mental! HIIT exercise programs are extremely varied and encouraged at all levels.Where to practice? You will find cross-training courses (or CrossFit, registered by Reebok) almost everywhere, and under other names like Circuit training, for example.More info on the crossfit on aufeminin.
The Bodyshred
The famous American fitness coach Jillian Michaels, the one who managed to lose obese in a reality show on the other side of the Atlantic, launched an HIIT program with a lot of books and other online videos. His method, the Bodyshred (shred = destroy, eradicate) is clearly aimed at people who want to refine, slim down by toning their bodies.What do we do? It all depends on the program you choose. So, on the videos Ripped in 30, Jillian chains sessions of 3 min of muscu / 2 of cardio / 1 minute of abs, and this, for half an hour. Variations exist, according to the levels, the time that can be devoted to it, and so on. All in a rather basic English, accompanied by gestures in case we did not catch.How to practice? In his living room with your computer or your laptop, dumbbells, a gym mat ... The app also offers subscriptions including the food pendant.
The Tabata method
There, one approaches the HIIT at its top. This Japanese method of cross training a little special, works in very short intervals of 4 minutes. Because yes, in 4 minutes, we can do wonders.Due to 20 seconds of super intense exercise, followed by 10 seconds of recovery (and no more), 8 times in a row. Obviously, it is a matter of doing it regularly and often.But 4 minutes on a whole day, it's not that long ...What do we do? Everything from head to toe! And cardio certainly. And we burn calories, yes, even when it stops! But this is to start soft, that is to say that one starts in series of 5, then of 6 ... There are sequences for all the muscular groups based on jumps, code to Jump, pumps, in short, enough to suffer and slim down!How to practice? The method has been adapted, and from now on some Anglo-Saxon clubs offer courses of 20 minutes. While waiting for this method to arrive in gyms, you can download the app "Tabata 4 minutes of exercise a day" on iPhone.
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