Day 5: Functional HIIT
Advanced HIIT Challenge • 28m
With each set we increase performance (we make it harder). Why? In order to strengthen any muscle you have to load it—that means that you have to work it beyond the point of its previous condition. We do this in a healthy, functional way that mimics sport movement patterns. This workout is sure to fire up your heart rate as we move through 6 different exercises, increasing performance with each set. Equipment needed: medium weights and optional resistance loop.
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Day 6: Outdoor Exercise
Outdoor exercise is so beneficial! The outdoor elements - hills, sunshine, wind resistance - cannot be replicated indoors. Research shows people exert themselves more outdoors + you get the sunshine vitamin, also known as vitamin D.
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Day 7: Rest Day
Rest days are equally as important as "work" days! Think of your rest day as a leisure or active recovery day, not a sedentary-do-no-activity day. Rest helps muscles recover and reduces micro trauma in muscles. In general some movement also reduces soreness, increases blood flow and reduces some ...
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Day 8: HIIT & Stretch
This workout is full of goodness! Start off with a dynamic warm up, followed by a HIIT pyramid and finish with a static feel-good flexibility session. This advanced workout is timed so you can maximize each exercise 45 seconds on 15 seconds off:
Pyramid 1-10, repeat 10-1
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