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.
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!
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 :)
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 :)
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!!
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.
These seem a bit long for HIIT workouts. Isn’t 10-20 minutes usually enough?
Yes, that’s correct. Perhaps I should have just labeled them interval workouts. Nonetheless, intervals & HIIT are both excellent fat burners.
Question about HIIT It Hard. Is it all at .5 incline except for the last?
Yep, you’ve got it! Sorry that wasn’t more clear.