High intensity interval training or HIIT it’s a fitness practice that involves short bursts of work fueled by full effort, followed by rest so your heart rate can recover. It has many benefits for those interested in a boredom-free, time-efficient, heart-rate-boosting workout. If your interest is piqued, then the latest episode of Good Moves, a 20-minute lower-body HIIT workout with a trainer. Kat Atienzais just what you are looking for.
This routine targets your legs, glutes, and hips through lunges, squats, and quick transitions between different exercises. You can add weights to build more strength, or you can maintain bodyweight just to focus on muscle hardening. Either way, this workout really packs a punch. (You may want to keep a sweat towel nearby.) The best part of this exercise is that it is packed with information and Atienza walks you through each move with a lot of patience and explanation.
There are two circuits with three exercises each in this routine. Atienza starts with a single dynamic jumping jacks, hamstring curls, lunges and Hello to prevent injury and allow you to get the most out of your session.
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The first circuit includes exercises that require you to move your legs back and forth in space, testing your balance and single-leg strength. They include seesaw lunges (a combination of forward and backward lunges), bear plank to full plank (which requires walking your feet forward and backward while keeping your hips and hips level). pelvic stability) and glute bridges to hamstring bridges (during which you slide or step your feet out and back one at a time without letting the rest of your body rock back and forth).
Some other exercises included in the deadlift video, which target the entire back of your legs, from your ankles to your glutes, and side planks with a leg lift that hits your core as well as the back. hips and lateral buttocks. like inner thighs.
The video ends with a relaxing cooldown, rewarding you for all your hard work.
