How to HIIT and Lose Weight – The HealthPlus Difference

June 6, 2013

If you’ve been following along the past couple of weeks, you’ll remember that we’re well on our way to detailing the steps to successfully burn fat. To make it easier to follow, I’ve broken the steps up into an easy-to-remember acronym: SPRING.The SPRING acronym has been covered in several different posts, starting with a post on the Science of weight loss, which reminded us that 3,500 calories burned equals one pound of weight loss. In my last post, I discussed the P or the Physician approval portion of starting a new exercise routine, and also the R, or the goal of Raising your heart rate with cardiovascular exercise.Today, I want to take that a step further and talk about the I and the N of SPRING:I – Interval TrainingThe other type of cardiovascular exercise is called interval training or HIIT, high intensity interval training. This type of exercise combines a period of high intensity effort with periods of lower intensity effort.

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