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A workout that improves your health
High-intensity exercises like those performed in HIIT training offer good results while using up to 40 percent less of your time.
Sometimes, exercising feels like a chore. When we think of a long workout ahead, it feels even more burdensome. Most people who admit to not doing any physical activity say it is because they do not have time for it. Time may not be a problem right now, but even so, if you still feel reluctant, HIIT training can be a good alternative to encourage healthy habits.
What is HIIT?
Due to schedules, you might not have time to go to the gym three times a week and spend at least an hour there. Like you, many people around the world face this, so the option of doing high-intensity workouts can be a way to lead a healthy life in much less time.
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends, for a healthy life, an average of 150 minutes per week of moderate-intensity exercise to gain health benefits. This means at least 50-minute sessions three times a week. Something that is practically impossible for some people.
HIIT is a high-intensity interval training that combines short periods of a few minutes where you must perform exercises at maximum intensity with rest periods. The total workout does not exceed 10 minutes daily.
According to some reports by Plos One, doing HIIT workouts three times a week is equivalent to doing moderate-intensity training for the same amount of time. That is, with 30 minutes weekly you will achieve the same results and benefits as with 150 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise.
This is what has made many people take a liking to this type of workouts. They are tough exercises, we won’t lie, but they are very short and the session ends quickly. Also, you can do them at home since some do not require any equipment or large spaces to perform. If you add that with the help of technology you can monitor your effort through a sports smartwatch and thus motivate yourself to improve day by day, success is assured.
Exercise is good for health and we do it less and less. According to the report Physical activity and prevalence of illnesses in the Spanish population presented in 2016 by the Ministry of Education, 73 percent of Spaniards do no physical activity. Those surveyed cite lack of time as the main problem when it comes to exercising.
Meanwhile, the World Health Organization states that obesity and overweight rates in Europe are reaching alarming levels. 39 percent of adults are overweight and 13 percent are obese. The prevalence of weight gain has doubled since 1980. This is the great plague of the 21st century and must be addressed.
Therefore, in this situation, HIIT training can be a good alternative if you decide to exercise since it will allow you to save up to 40 percent of your time compared to moderate-intensity training.
Among its many advantages, it helps control overweight and obesity, achieving good results in reducing visceral fat. It can be done by any age group as long as it is adapted to their physical condition and provides great benefits both for the heart and metabolism, helping to prevent illnesses such as hardening of the arteries, metabolic syndrome, and Type II Diabetes.
