Our goal for our clients at Fitness Forward Studio is to help them reach their health and fitness goals. Is our solution to offer high intensity interval (HIIT) training everyday to boost their post workout metabolism? Not everyday.
We want to find balance in the nervous system… the “Goldilocks” approach. We need “HIIT” training but not everyday then we are overworking the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and overstressing the body as much as if we did excessive long cardio workouts everyday.
Our workouts need to stress the SNS but also offer some “rest and digest” workouts to work the parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) as well as exercises to re-train the body how to move correctly and efficiently.
Our solution is to offer a variety of group training style of workouts especially for our loyal and dedicated clients who come workout almost everyday.
Our group training schedule online (See registration and schedule link here) offers a different focus every day…
Example of our weekly workout schedule:
Mondays: Mobility, Core and Cardio Blaster and evening walk/run or run.
Tuesdays: Total Body Workout with some “HIIT”intervals in the morning or outdoor park cardio strength workout
Wednesday: Core Calorie Blaster and Yoga in the morning or Kickboxing & Mobility workout at night.
Thursday: “Tabata” Timer Thursday plus yoga (evening) or total body workout in the morning
Friday: Mobility and Core
Saturday: Boot Camp
Sunday: Total Body Strength and mobility
We want to do HIGH intensity interval training 2-3 times per week but if you do “HIIT” everyday then you are not allowing recovery time in between workout sessions and then not working as hard as you can on the hard intervals due to fatigue from previous workouts.
Schedule in some more calming exercise sessions if you do all hard workouts now as yoga, pilates, walking and mobility work.
On the other hand if you are only doing walking and light workouts then you need to add in some strength and interval training.
A little of each…not too much HIIT and not too much easy stuff. Find the right amount for your body and health. You can download my new “Wholestic Coaching” app to start measuring your recovery and stress on ITunes. You just need to buy a Bluetooth heart rate strap to use with the app. Stay tuned for more!
