Something New an HIIT Bike Workout

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Ok so yesterday in the morning it was raining again, so I didn’t go for a walk. But I also didn’t do a hard workout. By the afternoon I had very few steps, so I knew I had to do some kind of indoor workout.

I stared at the stationary bike and thought should I?  One of the reasons that I don’t really workout on the bike is that I have never really done an organized workout. I would get on the bike and pedal for 20 to 30 minutes maybe changing the tension every now and then. Overall, I used to think it was too easy!

You noticed I said used to think it was too easy? See yesterday I found a 20 minute Bike  HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) video on YouTube. Oh, there’s another reason I haven’t worked out on the bike a lot. I used to need to move my laptop around so I watch any YouTube videos to workout with. But now YouTube is on  Xfinity so I can watch it on the TV.

But back to the workout. The workout started out easy 6 – 15 second hard burst followed by 15 seconds of easy riding.  However,  when the burst of hard pedaling went up to 30 seconds and then 45 seconds, my heart rate started to climb and the sweat started to pour from my pores.

By the end of the workout I had burnt 225 calories, and had an average heart rate of 115 beats per minute (bpm). My maximum heart rate was 142. Not bad!

The end result was that it was a good cross -raining workout. Here is the breakdown of my time in each heart rate zone, during the workout:

peak – 1 minute

cardio – 16 minutes

fat burn – 8 minutes

So all in all it was an unexpectedly good workout. So now maybe I have a new workout schedule (remember Work at Target serves as my workout on Mondays and Fridays).

Tuesday – run

Wednesday – indoor cardio

Thursday – run

Saturday – cross train bike ( stationary or outdoor)

Sunday – run

In  addition to the above I will still be doing my daily Hatha or other Yoga. And if I can keep this up maybe by July I can run a 5K! Wish me luck!