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Tabata and HIIT workouts are here to stay.  Both workouts are based on a brief period of intense exercise followed by an exercise of lower intensity or a rest period.In the case of HIIT training, the participant does about one minute of a high-intensity cardio exercise, followed by a lower intensity exercise that can be either cardio or strength based.  My favorite form of HIIT training is to do a high intensity cardio exercise (burpees, mountain climbers, power air jacks) followed by a strength training exercise that uses multiple muscle groups (clean and press, split squats with bicep curls, lateral lunges with lateral shoulder raise).  It’s a good way to get a full-body workout in a short amount of time.Below is a HIIT workout that you can do at home with minimal equipment.  To get the most benefit from the workout you’ll need a set of dumbbells in the five to 10 pound range.Ten Minute HIIT WorkoutBefore you begin, do a warm up for about three minutes.  Walk or march in place, or back and forth across the room, while doing arm swings and circles.Then, complete all of the exercises in the following circuit for one minute.*Note – the cardio exercises are intense, but they only last one minute.  If they seem hard at first, just know that they will get easier each time you do them.Cardio One – Mountain Climbers – from a plank position with both hands and toes on the floor, quickly exchange your feet as though you’re running place on your hands for one minute.  If you can’t do a full minute when you start, no worries.  Take a little break and start again when you’re ready.Strength One – Clean and Press  – With a dumbbell in each hand, squat making sure you push your hips behind your knees.  As you come up from the squat, do a bicep curl with both arms. When you’re back in the standing position, push both arms overhead and do a shoulder press. Return to the squat position and repeat.(This picture shows doing the clean and press with a kettle ball.  If you have a kettle ball and want to use it, that works. A dumbbell works as well.)Cardio Two – Plank Jacks – from a plank position with both hands and toes on the floor, do a jumping jack with your feet (hands stay in place) as quickly as you can for one minutes.  As with the mountain climbers, do as many as you can at first, rest, then start jumping again.Strength Two – Stepping Lunge with Bicep Curl – with a dumbbell in each hand alternate stepping feet out to a lunge position while arms do a bicep curl.Cardio Three – Burpees – you probably remember these from P.E

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Tabata Tip Staying strict with the 20- and 10-second intervals is critical. to do so, you can download any number of free tabata apps to your smartphone that show countdown clocks, or you can use a stopwatch or wall clock with a second hand. you can also download apps where the music alternates fast and slow tempos for 20 and 10 seconds, respectively, for exactly four minutes.  Japanese professor Izumi Tabata has become a household name in the world of fitness and high-performance training, thanks to his clinically tested, four-minute interval training system.M&F: How effective is tabata at burning fat vs. higher-volume programs?Professor Tabata: We haven’t done specific experiments on burning body fat. However, our research has looked at calorie burning.

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Few weeks back I was in New Brunswick with a bunch of fitness professionals.One of the people at the fitness mastermind was Brad Pilon. Brad is well known for his research on intermittent fasting.Before we ate lunch, Dan Go and myself did a quick interview with him.Enjoy!Rick Kaselj=========================I am over here in New Brunswick, Canada at a Fitness Mastermind meeting and one of the guys at the meeting is Brad Pilon.Dan Go and I are going to ask Brad a couple of questions about what he does.Rick Kaselj: Dan, I will get you to introduce yourself. Dan Go: Hi, this is Dan Go from 6MinutesSuperhuman.com. I am very glad to be talking with my friend right here whom I consider to be the father when it comes to intermittent fasting. Rick Kaselj: Brad, introduce yourself.

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Kicking fat’s ass and making muscle.MRT is one of the toughest styles of workout you can do to rip fat off your muscles fast, while building muscle. Yes I said it, building muscle while burning fat.Despite what you have read, or the bro-science graduates will have you believe, it is actually possible to do both. Granted it can be slower to gain muscle but it can be done. My favourite method for this is circuit training with weights.It’s brutal but the delicious pain of lactic acid build up and searing lungs, sucking in oxygen like its running out, really pays off in the mirror.

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As you know the Tabata Training Method is a high intensity workout consisting of 20 seconds intense workout following by a 10 second rest period and then repeated 7 more times, totalling up to a 4 minute workout.As easy as this may sound, it’s actually intended to work you harder than you would in a normal 60 minute gym session. Why? Because for each of those 20 second bursts of exercise you should be working at your optimum level without fail.It does and will hurt, particularly the first few times, and it’s for that reason that we recommend starting off slower and building your fitness levels before giving it 150%. But once you’re working out at your best you’ll achieve those results you’ve always wanted.Why is Tabata so effective? The main reason is due to your Excess Post Exercise Oxygen Consumption (EPOC) which is an increased rate of oxygen intake following intensive exercise.After exercising your body will go into a recovery mode and oxygen is transported round the body to help it get back to its normal ‘resting’ state.What this means is that that your calorie consumption will increase and fat will be broken down and released into the blood where it is used up as fuel more quickly to restore itself.The effect of this is greatest straight after exercising and gradually reduces, but can last up to a total of 48 hours post-exercise

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Of the Top 20 Worldwide Fitness Trends for 2010, “Strength Training” holds the second highest ranking spot, and has held a top 10 position in each of the past 4 years. It is an important part of an exercise program if you plan to maintain strength as you age, increase your resting metabolic rate (burn more calories while at rest) and enhance the body’s natural ability to burn stored fat. Strength training is a predominate theme at many health clubs these days right along with the cardio machines that offer an aerobic workout for maintaining overall health. National guidelines recommend that we get at least 30 minutes of moderate exercise five times a week or 20 minutes of intense physical activity three times a week to maintain fitness. Weight training or resistance training should be included at least twice a week to maintain and strengthen muscles.Research suggests that on average, the adults that do not incorporate strength training and exercise in their daily routine, will lose about 4 to 6 lbs of muscle tissue per decade as they get older. Why is that significant? Because your body works to maintain that muscle mass by using up about 5 calories of energy per day for each pound of muscle mass it carries  (even if you are fairly sedentary)

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by Jessica RemitzFrom celebs to athletes to television show contestants, high intensity interval training workouts, or HIIT, are quickly becoming the latest exercise craze. But what exactly is a HIIT workout? And why are they effective? We’ve asked Kristi Molinaro, creator of the 30/60/90® workout and group fitness instructor at Equinox, to share all the details on HIIT training just in time to kick up your summer workout routine.Why HIIT Training?High intensity interval training is a style of training that alternates between cardiovascular drills and active recovery, like 60 seconds of squat thrusts followed by 30 seconds of pushups, Molinaro said

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The main reason that most people start a new diet, exercise program or keep fit routine, is to lose weight. Ask any one of them which is the perfect way to drop pounds and the usual answer will be, “as quickly as possible.” This is why high intensity interval training, or HIIT, has become so popular recently. Its devotees claim that it gets you lean and trim in less time. This program might not be for everyone and it is worth taking time to examine it more closely before you commit to HIIT.HIIT is a way of training that uses short intervals of exercise at maximum intensity, interspaced with longer intervals of exercise at a more moderate intensity. The idea is that because you keep pushing yourself beyond your normal aerobic limits you increase the amount of calories burnt during and after the session as it takes longer for your body to recover.

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The main reason that most people start a new diet, exercise program or keep fit routine, is to lose weight. Ask any one of them which is the perfect way to drop pounds and the usual answer will be, “as quickly as possible.” This is why high intensity interval training, or HIIT, has become so popular recently. Its devotees claim that it gets you lean and trim in less time. This program might not be for everyone and it is worth taking time to examine it more closely before you commit to HIIT.HIIT is a way of training that uses short intervals of exercise at maximum intensity, interspaced with longer intervals of exercise at a more moderate intensity

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