HIIT

Wow...its been over a month since my last post... I have been cooking, and I do have some lovely pics, but I am just too lazy to post. My doctor put me on the pill last month (not for birth control actually, long story..), and I put on 10 POUNDS since then. Yes, its been freaking me out. One day I was tugging on my jeans and it was so tight. I went to the gym and weighted myself and almost died when I saw the readout. Oh well....which leads me to my title. HIIT.

I tried out a new exercise program today called HIIT, which is High Intensity Interval Training. I read on the internet that HIIT is really effective at burning fat, because it throws the body into an anaerobic state during exercise, so it burns more fat than a slower paced, cardio workout. Also, after exercising, the body burns fat at a higher rate than usual becuase HIIT elevates the metabolism too.

HIIT is basically a 15-20 minute workout where you interplay 30 seconds of really intense, maximum-heart-rate workout with 1-2 minutes of workout at 60-70% heart rate. Man was I energized!! I have never felt so gooooood during and after a workout before! HIIT can work with lots of activities; running (interspearse sprinting with jogging), elyptical, biking, swimming....whatever.

I chose to do the stationary bike today. I rode so hard during the 30 sec bursts I am surprised that the bike did not hop a few steps forward. For my virgin effort, I did only 19 minutes. I felt like SuperGirl afterwards, so I did 80 crunches in 1 minute (usual is 70), ten pushups (usual is 7) and 40 leg lifts (that's usual). After that, I still felt really gungho, and was scanning around eagerly to see what else I could do. Then a little voice at the back of my head told me to stop and go home, because from experience, I know how easy it is to go from feeling like SuperGirl today to ShittyGirl tomorrow becuase of overexercising.

I plan to start slow, so for the first couple of weeks, I am only going to do 2-3 HIIT workouts per week. I can't wait for Thursday! =)