HIIT Mindset
Throughout this website we have often emphasized that HIIT can be hard. In reality it is as hard as you want to make it.
It’s definitely true that you need to have the right mind set to embark on a course of HIIT training. There are quite a number of things you can do to affirm your commitment. One of the best is to set yourself some clear improvement targets. Setting targets on its own doesn’t do the whole job though. The real kicker is to write your goals down and to share them with someone near and dear to you.
Another good way to really commit to HIIT is to do so as part of a group. Again set and share your goals.
In the article from Time magazine below Ashley Ross suggests you can trick yourself into a harder workout.
Take a look…
How to Trick Yourself into a Harder Workout
Ashley Ross Twitter @ashbrookeross
Follow the 60-second rule
It’s no secret that fitness is a mental game. Now there’s research that suggests even overweight, sedentary adults can trick themselves into working harder in the gym.
A study in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise found that if you work out in short intervals as opposed to long stretches, it will feel easier, even if you’re doing the same amount of work overall.
This type of high intensity interval training, commonly referred to as HIIT, has been on the rise in the fitness world. Researchers have proven the benefits of short, intense bursts of exercise: they can burn more fat, increase levels of fitness, improve blood pressure and increase muscle activity.
There seems to be an interval-training sweet spot, the new study suggests. In it, researchers observed unfit and overweight adults as they did two types of exercise: heavy continuous exercise without a break, and three different intervals of exercise during which they rested for 30 seconds on and off, then 60 seconds on and off and 120 seconds on and off…
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