Introduction

According to Bharat Bhise, it’s very difficult to include a regular workout in your modern busy routine. Moreover, those exercises are very arduous and boring. Instead, you can try out HIIT exercises that are intense, fun, and deliver great results within a short period. Let’s check out the benefits of HIIT for a busy schedule.

The Benefits

  1. Lose weight – When you consume 2.5 pounds of oxygen, you spend around 5 calories of energy. However, when your body uses numerous muscle groups and complex movements at high intensity, a lot more oxygen is used up within a limited time and as a result, a lot more calories are burned. HIIT workouts are designed to do that, and exercise usually involves both upper and lower body muscles. They are amazing for both maintaining and losing weight.
  1. You’re working out even while resting – Unlike regular workouts, HIIT exercises are anaerobic in nature. When you’re doing an anaerobic exercise, your muscles quickly run out of ATP(Adenosine Triphosphate), a chemical used for energy during the workout.

So, even when you’re on a break between exercises, your body constantly produces ATP to replenish and refill your muscles for the next round. Whether your muscles are on a high intensity roll or your lungs are expanding and contacting furiously during the recovery intervals, your muscles are always working out. 

  1. More efficient workout – As mentioned above, with HIIT exercises, your body uses a lot of calories during the workout, as well as during the recovery period between HIIT exercises. However, that’s not the end of it. Your body continues to burn calories long after the workout session is over. When you perform a HIIT workout, your body enters a condition known as Excess post-exercise oxygen consumption(EPOC).

In this condition, your metabolism remains high, and your body continues to remain high, and you continue burning calories for hours after the workout is over. That’s because your body uses a lot of energy to recover damaged tissues, repair muscles, and even tap into your body’s fat content to replace ATP for your muscles. That’s why HIIT exercises are far more efficient than regular workouts.

  1. Muscle gains – While most HIIT workouts don’t require the use of additional equipment or weights, they can help you with muscle gain. HIIT exercises create a lot of hydrogen ions, lactic acid, inorganic phosphates, and other metabolic byproducts. All those chemicals trigger an increase in IGF-1 and other growth hormones that repair muscle proteins. This results in increased muscle size.

While the growth in muscle size due to HIIT exercises is not as substantial as weightlifting, you don’t need to spend hours at the gym. Moreover, unlike regular cardio exercises, HIIT exercises deliver a lot more muscle gain.

Conclusion

Bharat Bhise suggests that you experiment with HIIT workouts and experience the benefits yourself. They are arguably a superior alternative to regular exercises, can be done within half an hour, and often don’t require additional equipment.