Some days you don’t have time for an hour work out. Some days you don’t have time for a ten-minute work out. If you’re trying to blame your busy schedule on why you can’t get in a sweat tomorrow (rather than you’re undeniable laziness), I suggest you stop reading and come back tomorrow because this video is my secret weapon when I literally don’t have time to brush my teeth.
HIIT (or high intensity interval training) (or some peoples definition of cruel punishment) improves your VO2 max, increases your glucose uptake (that’s a good thing), and boosts anaerobic performance and fat burning. It has even been found to incinerate abdominal fat (the holy grail of trouble spots) more effectively than any other kind of workout. In addition, since HIIT makes you give it all you got, you only have to do it for a short amount of time to reap the benefits. The body registers HIIT as a stressor and raises fat-freeing hormones more so than during steady-state cardio, hence why you burn a MOTHERLOAD of abdominal fat doing HIIT, even if you burn the same amount of calories sticking to one speed (because you’re burning calories long after you’ve stopped giving yourself a near heart aneurism).
This seven-minute workout is seven-minutes in heaven's evil and sweaty step sister, but it gives you the exercise high you usually can only attain after a near-death Bikram experience or a session at Tone House NYC. Again, I’m sorry if these means you have to work out tomorrow, but you’ll be kissing my feet when your baby abs start to show through.
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