Morning! Happy Running Tuesday.
Now that it’s the 6th day of December, that means the November-long Holiday HIIT Challenge is officially over. I set the goal to add HIIT workouts to my exercise regimen 2-3x/week for the whole month of November. I wanted to spice up my gym routine with something new, and in all honesty, I wanted to avoid the winter weight gain with intense, fat-burning exercise… and get ripped!
If we’re DailyMile friends, you may have noticed I didn’t meet my goal of 8-12 HIIT workouts in November. In fact, just 6 of my workouts included HIIT (treadmill) workouts. #EPICFAIL
Though I’m not proud of my weak attempt, I decided not to be too hard on myself, allow my body to beat my cruddy cold, and focus on what I did and can do.
I didn’t incorporate enough HIIT workouts to see distinct physical changes, but here’s what I did discover from my mini trial run:
Positives:
- The workouts are quick ‘n’ dirty
- You don’t run into dreadmill boredom
- You’ll find your inner speed demon
Negatives:
- Increased speed/intensity = knee pain
- Increased hunger – hello, metabolism!
If you want to HIIT in hard this holiday season, give one or all of these sweaty treadmill runs a try.
6 HIIT Treadmill Workouts
How are you sweating out the holiday sugar today?
See ya!
Hill
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A HIIT workout sounds like a sweatastic time, ha! I really should try it myself – I’m getting bored of the usual treadmill/elliptical/bike routine…
Woah! Sounds like quite the workout! I like it!
HIIT workouts are the best! Way to knock out 6 of them! And I’ve totally fallen off the DailyMile posting wagon… my friends probably think I’m not working out anymore, but I am!
Have a great Tuesday!!
Way to still top off six of the workouts! I have knee pain when I try to run faster too : ( I try to work up speed verrrry gradually over time.
I love love love HIIT. It is seriously SO quick and dirty, and you are in and out and things stay interesting. I’m incorporating more weight training and running!
God, I love intervals and weight training. I bookmarked this post because I love all of those workouts! Right up my alley. Thanks girrlll.