HIIT training is one of my favorite forms of exercises. I first found out what HIIT was when I was in high school and I immediately got hooked!

HIIT stands for High Intensity Interval Training where there are . HIIT sessions can be anywhere between 4-30 minutes which is one of the main reasons why I love it!

HIIT is usually used by those of higher fitness levels, but the exercises can easily be customized to fit each individual. Read more about HIIT .

I find that HIIT is a great way to kick your workouts up a notch and torch fat!

Here is how I HITT it this week…

Day 1

I wanted to ride bike and decided to add intervals to increase the intensity.

The following is the workout breakdown:

5-minute warm-up (ride at a moderate speed)

15 rounds (total of 15 minutes) of 40 seconds of high intensity followed by 20 seconds of low intensity

5-minute cool down (ride at a comfortable speed to reduce heart rate)

Total: 25 minutes

*For the high intensity interval I would lift my butt off the seat and for the low intensity I would sit back down.

I included a leg workout as well:

And a leg stretch:

Day 2

After the intense lower body workout from yesterday, I moved to the upper body today.

The workout can be modified to your particular level by increasing the weight and/or by changing the high intensity intervals to decrease the heart-pumping factor.

I followed with a great upper body stretch from Fitness Blender:

Day 3

I went bike riding again using the same workout breakdown from Day 1 except I did 25 rounds of the intervals to do a total of 35 minutes with the warm-up and cool down.

I followed with a full body stretch:

Day 4

We had a wedding to attend to and we were quite busy helping to set up and getting ourselves ready.

The ideal way to have a great time at a wedding and get a workout in the mix is by DANCING!!

Dancing can also be a way to HIIT it with its times of slowing down and then speeding back up.

We danced non-stop from the moment the music started until we called it a night and we had a blast!!

Congrats to Mr. and Mrs. Pacheco!!

I would love to hear how you will amp up your workouts.

Much Love,

Nena