Let’s face it – doing the same old fitness routine can get monotonous and make you want to skip the gym altogether. To mix it up, interval training is a great cardio workout that burns fat in a short period of time, so it keeps you from getting bored. There are tons of ways to add intervals to your routine; here we’ve shown you a pyramid workout, with the highest intensity in the middle of the workout. During the high intensity intervals, you should be working at 80-100% – the point is to get your heart rate up really high and then back down quickly in order to blast fat. You can use this workout for any form of cardiovascular exercise – running, swimming or biking.
1. 3 – 5 minute warmup
2. 30 seconds high intensity, 1 minute low intensity
3. 45 seconds high intensity, 1 minute low intensity
4. 60 seconds high intensity, 1 minute low intensity
5. 90 seconds high intensity, 1 minute low intensity
6. 60 seconds high intensity, 1 minute low intensity
7. 45 seconds high intensity, 1 minute low intensity
8. 30 seconds high intensity
9. 3 – 5 minutes cool down
Michelle Lee