Tuck jumps can be a little hard on your knees, so start easy and build up to a full tuck jump if you have never done them before. Tim Ferriss is a big believer of the benefits of Tuck Jumps in his book, the 4 hour body (link). http://www.bodybuilding.com/exercises/detail/view/name/knee-tuck-jump http://sportsmedicine.about.com/od/sampleworkouts/qt/Tuck_Jumps.htm 10 Effective Benefits Of Tuck
Again, jump squats can be done anywhere and are a great full body workout. Here are some tips. http://www.wikihow.com/Do-Jump-Squats http://www.bodybuilding.com/exercises/detail/view/name/freehand-jump-squat http://www.higher-faster-sports.com/jumpsquats.html
Jumping jacks are great as you can stop and do jumping jacks anywhere. Just be careful of who is around you as you don’t want to whack anyone. Follow these links to see some advice on how to perform a jumping jack and some reasons to include them in your HiiT workout. http://www.wikihow.com/Perform-Jumping-Jacks http://www.bodybuilding.com/exercises/detail/view/name/jumping-jacks http://sacdt.com/dt/blog/2013/06/variations-of-jumping-jacks/
Think about where you will be going on your workout before selecting push ups. It will be easier on your hands if you can do your push ups on grass. You can choose your own type of push up which relates to your level of fitness and how hard you want to push yourself. Here
Like push ups, you will need to think about your physical location before choosing sit ups as one of your HiiT exercises. You don’t need any specific equipment, but an area of grass or sand will be more comfortable. Have a look at these links to see some sit up examples and variations. http://www.bodybuilding.com/exercises/detail/view/name/sit-up http://fitness.mercola.com/sites/fitness/archive/2014/05/16/crunches-abdominal-exercises.aspx
http://www.bodybuilding.com/exercises/detail/view/name/bodyweight-reverse-lunge http://www.wikihow.com/Do-a-Reverse-Lunge
Some exercises we have included we have one basic category like sit ups, even though there are many different types of sit ups you can do. We’ve included the lunges separately as they work different muscles. Look at these links on forward lunges. If you are new to exercise pay particular attention to how to
High intensity interval training means doing short bursts of high intensity exercises with a rest in between. GoHiiT uses your daily walk or run as the rests in between. Hiit has been proven to work more effectively in burning fat and improving fitness than steady state cardio alone. Hiit workouts have been shown to: increase your
There are lots of short workout apps available on the app store. Why is GoHiiT different or any better? There is nothing wrong with short workouts and we believe in High Intensity bursts of exercise. However 7 minutes enough? Some of the research suggests it is enough. But is that the only reason we work
Using GoHiiT is perfect if you have a personal trainer. Take a couple of minutes at the end of each training session to get your trainer to set a new workout for you. Your trainer can run through ways of doing each exercise, show you some good variations that are in line with your fitness
There is much written about whether an app should be free or whether you should pay for it. We looked carefully at our business plan when we started GoHiiT and we wanted to bring people a quality product. We considered the free exercise apps out there on the market and found two resounding trends –