Fitnessista convinced me to HIIT it.

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Disclaimer: Gina was kind enough to send me an early copy of her book, HIIT IT!  The opinions below are all my own.

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 ahhh the empty house.

I’ve yammered nonstop about our move.

I’ve detailed what I perceived to be the drawbacks, yet I’d be remiss if I didn’t stop to share the upside.

The HUGE, cavernous, winter vacation boredom killing silver lining I discovered as we awaited our stuff:

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(it was doodle running free heaven.)

When I stopped whining paused and looked around I realized we possessed a gift of indoor space we may never have again once our furniture arrived.

I needed movement (<—-desperately).

The Child was bored (<—-she crazy).

The Doodle was happy to do *anything* which meant he didn’t have to go out into the cold (<—-he wise).

An idea was born.

And unbeknownst to my two sidekicks I had a secret weapon:

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A “weapon” I’d told Gina I would possibly have time to peruse months from now.

Weeks down the road when I was unpacked and settled.

Until I realized in an AH HA! moment of sorts (and experience I really never believed in until that afternoon):

Now is the perfect time.

I had no free time (cleaning organizing readying soon I knew all rooms would be bursting with boxes).

I had an abundance of stress.

It was (and I laughed out loud as I thought this) the *perfect* time to HIIT IT!

And so we did.

And, as with all things US, we did it our way.

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(we may have added some exercises)

We snagged HIIT routines from Gina’s book and we ran with them (metaphorically. there was no running involved. I havent changed that much post-move.).

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For the Tornado and me the fun PLAY was in Gina’s total body circuits.

We climbed the mountain.

We planked, lunged, the squatted, and squat jumped.

We repeated as many times as possible simply because it (perplexed Charming and) made us laugh.

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My two sidekicks cared *not* our HITT provided more BANG for our (exercise-time) buck.

They weren’t interesting in the fact the were working harder, not longer, and all of our

HIIT IT! workouts ROCKED with just body-weight alone.

They were disappointed we were finished in 20 minutes and didn’t “get” why I was excited HIIT is a scientifically-proven method backing up my LESS IS MORE! LESS IS MORE! yammers.

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 (monkey see. monkey do. doodle baffled.)

We rocked the fitness in HIIT IT!

The food/recipes contained in the book?

We have pots and pans now and we’re coming for you!

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(kitchen stuff was previously in here)

First stop? According to the CHILD it’s Gina’s Amazeballs.

First stop? According to the Mama it’s the Turkey Lentil Muffins.

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(the prep will resemble this)

According to us both (and the little biped is tough critic) you need to snag you a copy,  join us & HIIT IT.

 

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Comments

  2. I love reading Gina’s blog, but hadn’t bought her book yet.
    I need to HIIT IT (or something) before summer comes LOL

  3. I’m a fan of HIIT because I can fit it in before work, but I always get stuck in a rut and need new ideas.

  4. Oddly enough today is my strength training day. Must search Pinterest for glimpse into her HIIT workouts!!
    PS – those windows!!! That space!!! Gorgeous.

  5. I want this book! I do 100% of my strength workouts at home, mostly bodyweight, so this would fit the bill perfectly.

    Loving all the light you have coming into your house.

  7. My dog likes to climb on my back if I try to do HIIT or anything at home.
    Which I guess makes it more weight and better for me?
    I’ve never heard of Gina before and will check out her book.

  11. LOVE it! I do HIIT workouts all the time – I knew you’d love ’em! I need to check out this book for sure!!

    YOU need to try my HIIT surfset class! Next crazy thing you need to try with the little muffin haha we might even be able to get the Dood up on a board!! 🙂

  28. thank you so much for the wonderful post. lots of love to you girls! now if only we could get HIIT and cook together sometime 🙂
    xoxo

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