Le HIIT ou comment maigrir en faisant 7 minutes de sport ?

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Des coachs comme Brian MacKenzie furent parmi les premiers à expliquer qu’il n’était pas utile de courir des heures pour préparer un marathon, mais qu’il fallait au contraire privilégier des séances d’entrainement plus courtes mais plus intenses. Parmi les méthodes de HIIT les plus connues, on retrouve le Crossfit® * ou le protocole Tabata** mais aussi d'autres programmes qui alterneront tous (pour notre plus grand plaisir) jumping jack, pompes, abdominaux, la chaise, squats, gainage, pompes et sprint !

Il est essentiel de rappeler que l'importance de l'encadrement par un coach est à la hauteur de l'intensité de cet entrainement.

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You Won't Believe How Short This Expert Says Your Workout Can Be

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To lose weight, you don't always need to spend hours at the gym. In fact, HIIT, or high-intensity interval training, has been proven to be one of the best ways to burn more calories and target belly fat. But just how short can you get? Try just four minutes, according to Tabata program director and head coach of Lock Box LA PJ Stahl. According to PJ, the length of just one Tabata cycle is enough to see the results that the interval-training technique is known for, including fat loss, improved metabolism, and better endurance. "You only do one Tabata four-minute protocol in your entire workout," PJ says. "The reason that the Tabata program works is because I designed it to utilise 20 seconds of beyond-maximum intensity followed by 10 seconds of rest for eight rounds, totalling to four minutes," he explains. The trick is in the 20 seconds, during which you are supposed to exercise past your metabolic threshold — in other words, an 11 on a one-to-10 scale of rate of perceived exertion.

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