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Being able to respond to viewer’s questions is one of my favorite things to do!!!! And today on CTV Morning Live we provided a very simple answer to the most common question (watch the segment HERE):‘If I don’t have time to get to the gym, is there a type of workout I can do at home that will still get me results?’…The exciting answer is YES! What would I recommend? HIIT = High Intensity Interval Training!Here’s why!

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Purely Fit Life workout #5- 15 minute HIIT workout with cool downPosted on April 8, 2013 by purelytwins • Happy Move-it-Monday friends!Today we have Purely Fit Life workout #5. It’s a full body 15 minute interval workout. Bonus is we did a 5 minute cool down stretching series at the end of the video.Some of you requested a 15 minute style workout and that is what we created for you. You can do this workout anywhere. Great for beginners as it requires no special equipment, just bodyweight exercises.

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SJ’s HIIT Bodyweight Workout for both Women and MenBy now, you may be familiar with HIIT workouts due to its reputation on burning fat and building strength. For those who aren’t exactly sure what HIIT training is, it’s a type of cardio training in which you alternate short, very high intensity intervals with longer, slower intervals to recover.The most convenient thing about this form of training is you don’t need a gym or even gym equipment. A typical HIIT workout usually lasts about 20-30 minutes and involves a 2:1 ratio, meaning your recovery intervals are twice as long as the work intervals. For anyone looking to get in shape, burn fat and build strength, HIIT training is a must!I have created an intense training session that can be done at home, outside or at the gym.There are 7 exercises, each done for a full 60 seconds with a 20 second low intensity interval in between (during those rest intervals you will keep moving by marching in place).1- Burpees – 60 sec – REST 20 seconds2- Knee highs- 60 seconds – REST 20 seconds3- Lateral Jumps- 60 seconds – REST 20 seconds4- Pushups- 60 seconds – REST 20 seconds5- Bodyweight squats – REST 20 seconds6- Full sit ups- 60 seconds – REST 20 seconds7- Lateral Shuffles- 60 seconds – Rest for 3 min and REPEAT x2You can also end this intense workout with a 15 min interval workout on the treadmill, elliptical, bike, jump rope or outside by doing the following:20 second maximum effort, 60 rest/recover period. Repeat until the 15 min is up.Now, you will be working hard on your HIIT workouts but you need to work just as hard in the kitchen.

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HIIT Bodyweight Workout Women or Men | FirstProtein Nutrition®

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Eat clean and lift heavy.If there’s one constant thing we say across Nerd Fitness, it’s that if you want to lose weight, gain muscle, or just look better than ever for an upcoming event, the one thing you must absolutely do is eat clean and lift heavy.But what exactly does that mean?  And how do you get started? And why does this work so darn well? We’ve touched on it a few times before, gone over your diet, and shown you some people it’s worked for, but we haven’t really gone into great detail.Today that changes.This is the first in a series of articles from NF Team Member Staci, covering all things strength training. Today we’ll be covering the basics before we tackle each movement in more detail.Note: If you’re new to fitness, this series might be information overload.

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Strength Training 101 | Nerd Fitness

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Metabolic resistance training can take many formsWhat are your goals with your workout? This is something I ask every boot camp member or potential personal training client who comes into our Circle Pines Personal Training studio.The reason for this is that it is vitally important to have goals for your workout. Now 95% of the women I work with all have the same personal training and fitness goals: Lose weight and tone up. And the best way to do both of these is through a secret of your very own Lino Lakes Personal trainer: metabolic resistance training.Now that sounds like a lot of fancy big words, so what exactly does this mean? Can’t I just go to whatever Lino Lakes fitness center I use and run on the treadmill?Not if you want best results

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Metabolic resistance training?-Lino Lakes Fit4life

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Let’s get right to the point, seeing as you’re coming to this page because you need a quick workout. This Tabata workout is full-body, rockin’ hard training that gets in and gets out. Just how I like it.You’ll have 4 Tabatas with a 1 minute break in between each, totalling 20 minutes. Make sure you include a dynamic warm up and cool down!

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Fit In Heels: Burn the MOST calories with Tabata Tuesday #4!

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Time to Get Your Butt in Gear!My inbox was flooded with requests for a booty workout.  So here you go!This is a total body high intensity interval circuit, with emphasis on the booty! Total body interval circuits increase metabolic demand because they make your body work at a higher intensity. Metabolic workouts are the most effective way to burn calories (both during and AFTER your workout) and boost your metabolism, which means you will get leaner and stronger faster. But there is a catch: if you want to see changes in your physique, then you will have to exercise at 95-100% of your maximum capacity (i.e

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Home Workout # 5 – HIIT (Glutes Focus) | Dr. Sara Solomon

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In my last blog post I covered many of our Adonis equations and some people were asking how can I apply these equations to women?More specifically women have been asking ‘how much should I weight?’ and ‘What’s a healthy weight for me?’Both very difficult questions to answer and always controversial to tell someone ‘ideal measurements’, but here are our general guidelines…For those of you have been following the Venus Index workout, this is the ‘rule of sevens’ we developed, only simplified into one equation.It’s actually very similar to the men’s equation, but also very different.Our equation for women (Called the Venus Equation) is as follows:C x H3Where “H”= Your height in meters and the coefficient “C” is what we use to control for age just like we do for men.  C = 10 at the age range that is associated with the highest degree of lean body mass in women… And this is where we start to see some very important gender differences.While men are in ‘maximal muscle potential’ between the ages of about 18-25, women don’t hit this phase until much later in mid-life (around 45 years of age). I’ll explain why this is ultra-important, but first the age ranges for the coefficient C are as follows:18-24 = 9.625-34 = 9.8 35-54 = 10 55+ = 9.8(With the standard deviation being 0.5)So for your average 5’6” women who is 36 years old the equations would be as follows (LBM means lean body mass):LBM = 10 x 1.67643LBM = 10 x 4.711 LBM = 47.11 KGLBM = ~104 POUNDSIn this case ~104 pounds would be the average lean body mass for a women aged 36 who is 5’6? tall.Now to get the range, we use the Standard deviation. Since Lean Body Mass is normally distributed, we can use 2 standard deviations to the right or left of average to get the range that 95% of the population is likely to fall into.In this case the range would be between:9 x 4.711 and 11 x 4.711or94 to 114 poundsAnd this is where it gets fun.  So we would expect a 5’6? woman at age 36 to have a Lean body mass that would fall somewhere within this relatively small range.***NOTE: Some people missed this part, but the equation above is for LEAN body mass, not TOTAL body mass.***Now part of the Venus Index is trying to create an ideal look through having a well proportioned body, and this is where these numbers are so important. With men, having a high amount of muscle mass is a visual queue for ‘youth’ since the highest amounts of lean body mass are found in men usually around the age of 25. For women it is different, too much muscle can actually make a woman look older since the highest amount of lean body mass is typically found in women aged 45+.

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Womens body ideal measurements | Brad Pilon's 'Eat Blog Eat'

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Note: The following is an interview with Brad Pilon, who’s best known for his work on intermittent fasting and his book Eat Stop Eat. I’ve been a huge fan of Brad and his approach to fitness for years now ever since I read the first edition of Eat Stop Eat back in 2008 so it’s pretty awesome to interview him on my site. Hell, without Brad I would still probably be eating 6-8 meals per day.1) So for those that don’t know, can you give us a super quick rundown of what intermittent fasting is and what your approach (Eat Stop Eat) is all about?Intermittent fasting is really nothing more than learning to take periodic, planned breaks from eating.

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Are you ready to lose fat and build endurance and strength in less time? If so, get ready – you’re about to learn about a cardio method that only takes 20-30 minutes three times a week and gives you the same (if not more) benefits as steady-state cardio.I frequently mention HIIT – high-intensity interval training – on Facebook and Twitter because it’s my get-it-done cardio method. I get bored doing long bouts on the elliptical and HIIT makes the time go fast. Not only can I burn mega calories but I feel energetic for hours after HIIT and have seen my aerobic endurance increase.And just as with weight lifting, you need to vary your cardio workouts to continue seeing results. If you use the same speed, for same amount of time, on the same machine day after day, your body will soon adapt and stop working as hard

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Using HIIT for Weight Loss, Endurance & Strength

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