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6 HIIT Treadmill Workouts

December 6, 2011 by Hillary 15 Comments

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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  1. Allison says

    December 6, 2011 at 7:11 am

    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…

    Reply
  2. Lauren @ What Lauren Likes says

    December 6, 2011 at 7:51 am

    Woah! Sounds like quite the workout! I like it!

    Reply
  3. Heather @ Get Healthy with Heather says

    December 6, 2011 at 7:53 am

    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!!

    Reply
  4. Caroline says

    December 6, 2011 at 2:59 pm

    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.

    Reply
  5. Katelyn @ Chef Katelyn says

    December 6, 2011 at 5:39 pm

    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!

    Reply
  6. Lauren @ WWoB says

    December 9, 2011 at 7:16 am

    God, I love intervals and weight training. I bookmarked this post because I love all of those workouts! Right up my alley. Thanks girrlll.

    Reply
  7. Shireen says

    April 23, 2012 at 6:24 pm

    I just came across this post looking for some treadmill HIIT workouts, & I’d love to try some of yours out, but I don’t understand the breakdown of each workout. The ‘//’ ‘@’ and the ‘repeats’ are confusing me. I’m sure it’s just me! Would you mind helping me to better understand? Thank you!

    Reply
    • Hillary says

      May 5, 2012 at 11:33 am

      Sure!

      Workout 1: You would run for 1 minute @ 7.2mph, followed by 1 minute @ 8.2mph and then repeat before moving onto the next set. I just use the slashes to show different speeds and/or inclines.

      Let me know if you give any of the runs a try :)

      Reply
  8. Caleb Wechsler says

    August 28, 2012 at 1:37 am

    Great article…

    Was wondering about the intervals though… You go from an 8.2 mph run to a 7.4mph jog… This interval seems very close together?

    Mine is as follows, but I want to know if my intervals are too far apart?
    30 min:
    1 min walk: 3.8mph (5% grade)
    1 min jog: 7.5mph (5% grade)
    1 min run: 10mph (5% grade)

    I do this 10x.

    Tell me your thoughts as I’ve been looking for a solid answer for a good HIIT treadmill routine :)

    Reply
  9. Hillary Staley says

    September 17, 2012 at 5:02 pm

    Hi! Quick question…for each of the 6 HIIT workouts, how long do you suggest doing each workout before moving onto the next HIIT workout? In other words, how many days/times do you recommend doing HIIT workout #1 before moving on to HIIT workout #2?

    Thank you!!

    Reply
    • Hillary says

      September 17, 2012 at 6:45 pm

      Hi Hillary (nice name!),

      The 6 HIIT workouts are in no particular order. In other words they aren’t listed easiest to hardest, or shortest to longest. I would suggest doing HIIT 2-3x/week for optimal results.

      Reply
  10. Jonathan Miles says

    September 20, 2012 at 4:05 pm

    These seem a bit long for HIIT workouts. Isn’t 10-20 minutes usually enough?

    Reply
    • Hillary says

      September 21, 2012 at 8:24 am

      Yes, that’s correct. Perhaps I should have just labeled them interval workouts. Nonetheless, intervals & HIIT are both excellent fat burners.

      Reply
  11. Tara Mulvey says

    April 22, 2013 at 3:10 pm

    Question about HIIT It Hard. Is it all at .5 incline except for the last?

    Reply
    • Hillary says

      April 22, 2013 at 3:24 pm

      Yep, you’ve got it! Sorry that wasn’t more clear.

      Reply

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