April 24, 2024

Trapped in your own home for a Snow Day? Try This No-Equipment HIIT Workout

Don’t get us wrong: Snow days are meant?for sweatpants, goggles,?and Netflix binges. But after you’ve been snuggled up for a while, it may feel good to break a sweat, not just inside your family room. As you prepare to get up off the couch, we suggest this calorie-torching HIIT routine that requires no equipment whatsoever.

HIIT?(or high-intensity interval training) alternates spurts of vigorous activity with short recovery periods to burn more calories in less time. If you have to keep close track of work e-mail-or have a few episodes to get in your?”This Is Us” marathon-you can still squeeze in a quick but serious sweat session.

In this 20-minute routine,?Dara Theodore from New York City fitness studio The Fhitting Room will show you using the body weight to tone throughout, with moves like alternating lunge jumps, rolling squat jumps, side planks, and bicycle crunches. And within 30 minutes, you can?get straight back to cozy town.

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Bonus: HIIT workouts such as this one may even reverse aging process?at the cellular level, based on new research from the Mayo Clinic.?That’s?pretty productive?for a snow day.