Posted on December 08, 2015 by Kate Halsall

One of the beauties of High Intensity Interval Training is that the workouts are often short – which means there’s no excuses for not having the time to do them! This HIIT workout is one such workout. You can also make it harder for yourself if you take it into a gym and add weights to it. In total this HIIT workout is only 5 minutes 30 seconds long, but of course you can repeat it as many times as you like – my magic number is 3 times!

The Rules:

• There are 3 sections : Cardio, Resistance & Core
• In each individual section, there are 3 exercises which must be completed back to back
• Each individual exercise is 30 seconds long – so each section is 1 1/2 minutes long – so do as many reps as you can in your time limit
• Once you have completed the 3 exercises in the section, you rest for 30 seconds and move on to the next section

The Exercises:

Cardio:

• Star Jumps
• Long jump forward & run back
• Side shuffle runs

Resistance:

• Squats
• Alternate Lunges
• Squat & Lunge

Core:

• Ab Cyles
• Cross Mountain Climbers
• Plank

With the addition of kit, you could add step ups and box jumps for cardio; I added a resistance section with press ups, bicep curls & shoulder presses and so on. It’s simply a format to get your heart rate up and keep it up – in theory you can pick any cardio, resistance and core exercises. Give it a go!