By Katie Copple– Last week, I introduced you to High Intensity Interval Training, or HIIT for short. One of the latest fitness trends in 2014, HIIT takes working out to a new level. Easy to do on your own or with a group, HIIT can be done almost anywhere and takes little to no equipment.<\/p>\n
HIIT is one of the new classes featured at the Norm Waitt Sr. YMCA and its popularity continues to grow. Danielle Hemingson, a wellness coach at the YMCA says that HIIT is a great full-body workout and great for your cardiovascular health as well.<\/p>\n
Want to try a HIIT circuit of your own? Here is a quick 7-minute workout that you can do right in your own home.<\/p>\n
7-Minute HIIT Workout:<\/b><\/p>\n
-Do each exercise at high intensity for 30 seconds followed by a 10 second rest (in needed). Repeat entire circuit up to three times for a longer workout.<\/p>\n
-Equipment needed: bench or chair<\/p>\n
Circuit:<\/b><\/p>\n
-Jumping Jacks<\/p>\n
-Wall Sits<\/p>\n
-Push-ups<\/p>\n
-Crunches<\/p>\n
-Chair Step-ups<\/p>\n
-Squats<\/p>\n
-Triceps Dips<\/p>\n
-Planks<\/p>\n
-High Knees or Running in Place<\/p>\n
-Lunges<\/p>\n
-Push-up Rotations<\/p>\n
-Side Plank<\/p>\n
Want to attend a HIIT class at the YMCA? Check out their fitness schedule here<\/a> and learn what else the Norm Waitt Sr. YMCA has to offer here<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Katie Copple– Last week, I introduced you to High Intensity Interval Training, or HIIT for short. One of the latest fitness trends in 2014, HIIT takes working out to a new level. Easy to do on your own or with a group, HIIT can be done almost anywhere and takes little to no equipment….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4287],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6128"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6129,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6128\/revisions\/6129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}