Fat-burning HIIT workout, fast

Try this fast HIIT beginner workout to burn calories and feel great, even if you don’t have any time today.

You know what? We hate HIIT, hate Tabata and quite honestly we don’t understand why people call them different names. Same thing if you ask us.

Aha, now we googled it and turns out Tabata is a form of HIIT (here’s where we read it). Ha, we guess we learned something today.

To us whatever you call it, a HIIT/Tabata workout goes something like:

“Here do these exercises, they’re hard, but you’ll figure it out. No complaints, soldier! Do them as fast as you can in 30 seconds, then rest for a little bit, then do them again. And then you’re free to throw up and cry in the corner”.

What a relief.

But, as much as HIIT makes us want to roll into a ball and forget we're alive, we can’t help but admit that those workouts have been the most effective. We started doing them in 2011 and they have brought us the quickest results.

They make us feel stronger and leaner. And after only a few weeks of HIIT workouts, running seems like it’s nothing.

Now here’s our favorite, go-to full-body HIIT workout. It’s suitable for beginners, but can be as tough as you want it to be. You can do more reps, jump higher or be as fast as possible.

We'd usually do this kind of workout 2-3 times a week and our favorite time to do it is in the morning. It makes us feel better for the rest of the day, but you can do it whenever you find time (it’s less than 10 minutes).

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This workout is made of 4 basic, but intense full-body moves that aim to build strength and burn calories. Repeat for 3 rounds. And remember to play your favorite workout music!

50 High Knees

15 Burpees

50 Jumping Jacks

30 Mountain Climbers

Instructions:

Complete each exercise as quickly as possible, without sacrificing form and rest for 20 seconds in between.

Notes: We usually do 3 full rounds and it’s more than enough. We also perform the exercises in this order, because we feel like high knees and jumping jacks are the easier movements for us. This allows us to take shorter rests and to give it our all during the harder exercises like burpees and mountain climbers.

*remember to do a short warm up (1-2min) before this workout – we do some marching in place with shoulder rolls and walk outs. And we do stretch after, so we can work out the next day too.

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Benefits of this HIIT workout

works your entire body – each move works many different muscles which makes this workout effective
you can do it ANYWHERE AND ANYTIME
don’t need ANY equipment
burns a lot of calories (even after you’re done)
strengthens your body
can reduce belly fat (if diet is also on point)
improves your cardiovascular health
better mood and more productive throughout the day (our favorite part)
no more neck and shoulder pain
great to lose weight and build strength at the same time

We hope you enjoy this, it is our favorite HIIT workout, as it’s so effective and boosts our mood.

Now, here are the demonstrations of each move.