Crush Calories at Home (or Wherever!) With These 10 HIIT Workouts
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High-intensity interval training (HIIT) is one of the most effective types of workouts you can do to lose weight. It burns serious calories, which reduces overall body fat, and is especially important if you're trying to diminish belly fat. As long as you have some basic fitness equipment, here are 10 HIIT workouts you can do anywhere.
The Best 10-Minute High-Intensity Workout
Burn a ton of calories and boost your metabolism in little time with celeb trainer Astrid Swan McGuire's full-body HIIT workout that requires no equipment. It may be only 10 minutes long, but it will leave you dripping with sweat.
Equipment needed: none
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45-Minute Belly-Shrinking HIIT Workout
This is a Tabata workout, which is a form of HIIT, and it's proven to help diminish belly fat better than steady-state cardio. Each four-minute section of this workout involves eight rounds of 20 seconds on and 10 seconds off. What makes this workout so intense is that it's long: 45 minutes total!
Equipment needed: jump rope (or just pretend!), set of medium-weight dumbbells
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The Ultimate 20-Minute HIIT Bodyweight Workout For Weight Loss
This 20-minute HIIT workout involves 10 basic bodyweight moves, many of which are plyometric exercises. You'll alternate between 30 seconds of work and 30 seconds of rest. During those first 30 seconds, give it your all to really maximize the calorie-burning, belly-fat-melting effects of HIIT.
Equipment needed: none
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12-Minute CrossFit HIIT Workout
Even though this CrossFit HIIT workout is just three moves done for 12 minutes, you'll work your entire body and hardly be able to catch your breath by the end.
Equipment needed: one medium-weight dumbbell
20-Minute Full-Body HIIT Workout
Celebrity trainer and Barry's Bootcamp instructor Astrid Swan McGuire created a 20-minute scorch session that works every muscle in your body.
Equipment needed: pair of light dumbbells
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30-Minute HIIT Workout
If running isn't helping you lose weight, do this 30-minute HIIT workout instead. It involves alternating between burpees and classic strength-training moves like kettlebell swings.
Equipment needed: Medium to heavy dumbbells (10- to 20-pounders) and a kettlebell if you have it (or you can use one dumbbell)
You Have 20 Minutes to HIIT It!
When you don't have time to mess around at the gym, try this quick, at-home HIIT workout. It is only 20 minutes and requires no equipment, so you can fit in your fitness no matter where you are.
Equipment needed: none
Torch Calories With This 20-Minute HIIT Workout
This full-body HIIT workout will torch calories and fat while strengthening your entire body. You push it for 40 seconds and get 20 to rest.
Equipment needed: none
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15-Minute Bodyweight HIIT Workout
This four-move, 15-minute bodyweight HIIT workout is quick and effective!
Equipment needed: none
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30-Minute Bodyweight HIIT Workout
This effective bodyweight HIIT workout takes 30 minutes, it includes moves like jump squats and burpees, and you'll burn 300 calories!
Equipment needed: none (but you can add dumbbells to make it harder)