guitarplayer wrote: ↑Thu Mar 05, 2020 5:03 am
On keeping one's body in shape: Jacob's HIIT workout routine is very cost effective and time efficient, and works well for looks and well-being. Thank you Jacob. I use the variant with burpees,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-sB3o7LCPo, as no equipment is needed. For those who have not picked up on it:
* You aim to do 200/100/50 (to accommodate various levels of fitness) burpees every other day.
* The burpees are done divided into one minute intervals.
* Start with 5 burpees at a time. The first minute starts, do 5 burpees and rest until the beginning of the second minute. Then do 5 burpees again, and so on.
* Carry on for 40/20/10 min (corresponding to the number of burpees). When you have done them all, you are done for the day.
* Once comfortable with it, start doing 6 burpees at a time. It will take you less time to reach your total number of burpees
* Then increase to 7, and so on.
I started about 6 months ago, 200 burpees with 5 burpees at a time, this took 40min. Now I do 200 burpees with 11 burpees at a time, it takes me 18min.
Cold shower after this is excellent. I don't take hot showers anymore.
DW tells me I look athletic. This is new compared to 6 months ago, even though I was fit back then from running for hours and hours.
It takes me 18min every second day, compared to running for hours and hours every week. I still run every now and again, but now more to enjoy the landscapes or to accompany DW, rather than to do 30min in a particular heart rate zone etc.