How to Make the Most of Your Virtual Workouts to Get Fitter
From Chloe Ting's ab challenge to your gym trainer's video tutorials, here's how to know which virtual at-home workout session works best for your fitness goals.
Nov 9, 2020
HIIT means high-intensity training. It is set up in a ratio between high-intensity exercise and a low intensity or a medium intensity exercise. There are different ways of putting those gaps together, bunch of different ways to set up your ratio but it is what forces you to work your maximum level of effort and a little time to rest.
1) It is good for burning calories. 2) After you complete ate heavy workout your body burns calories at a higher rate for up to 48 hours because the high-intensity interval periods are so that you actually create metabolic disturbance. 3) Increases your cardiovascular endurance.
4) It increases glucose uptake and decreases insulin resistance. 5) It does not require equipment and can be done anywhere.
In pilates, we want to mindfully control all of our movements and really understand which muscles are working through each exercise. It helps you ensure that you are working in a way that makes sense for your body.
Zumba is fitness with dance. It combines rhythms, dance moves into a fitness routine in such a way that it becomes a great interval training for your body.
The use of only your body weight as resistance is called calisthenics. The goal is to promote strength and muscle growth. It helps for your at-home workouts because you can use bodyweight exercises to keep up with your pre-pandemic workouts with weights or machines.
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