30 Min. At-Home HIIT Workout

After I published this morning’s blog post, I sat down and put together a new HIIT workout I could easily do at home or on the road.

The only piece of equipment required (besides a furry workout buddy, apparently) is some kind of timer or stopwatch to keep track of your times.

I chose to incorporate a set of 10 pound dumbbells for the squats, push-up rotations, sit-ups, wall sits, and side plank pulses, but adding the extra weight is completely optional.

I used my Gymboss Interval Timer to help me with the exercise intervals, but you could easily keep track of your time on any stop watch or smart phone.

I set it to time out thirteen rounds of :45 with a :15 rest. In case you’re confused, I factored in the right and left sides of the side plank pulses separately.

That means the whole circuit is thirteen minutes long. Make sure to rest a minute or two before repeating, and after you complete the series twice through you’ll be close to thirty minutes of a killer workout!

I mean, I usually put somewhat of a challenging workout together, but this one took me by surprise. I was sweaty before the first round was over and when I was completely finished I just kind of sat there for a few minutes.

Dead.

Video References: 

high knees

squats

(if you don’t use dumbbells, place hands on hips!)

plank

push-up rotations

burpees

wall sit

side plank pulses

mountain climbers

chair triceps dips

reverse crunches

Lunch

After a shower, I made my way down to the kitchen with the appetite of three grown men. It’s unreal these days.

As quick as I could, I threw together some sort of Southwest salad to curb my cravings for beans, corn, and spicy.

Spinach, tomatoes, cucumbers, black beans, corn, and black olives topped in black pepper with a side of hot salsa for dressing.

All I was missing was a sliced avocado. Even without it, the combo was still so, so good. I might just have it again for dinner!

Well that was fun! Now I need to log off and get back to the books. I hope you all have a great rest of your Thursday.

See you all back bright and early tomorrow with Friday Favorites!

Question of the Afternoon

• Do you ever use something unconventional for salad dressing?

I do! Salsa is my go-to for any type of taco or Southwest salad, but I also love using hummus. Give it a try if you haven’t already!