HIIT - Final Week

For the past 15 weeks LS2 has been apart of an Auckland University research program. This program is called HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training). We have been doing this twice a week for 15 weeks. At the start of the program we were getting puffed a lot faster than we are today: due to the lack of exercise. Now that we have been doing HIIT for a long time we are much fitter and we aren't getting puffed as fast as we used to.  I have really enjoyed doing HIIT because it helped me become fitter and I have also learnt a new way to exercise. The exercise that I did not enjoy doing was push ups because my arms would really hurt and I just don't like doing push ups in general. The exercise that really enjoyed doing was star jumps because it's one of the easier exercises. I really hope I can do even more HIIT in the future because it has really helped me and a lot of other people to become a lot fitter than we were before. 

HIIT - Pau Te Hau

Today for HIIT we were focusing on mountain climbers, split squat karate kick, high knee sprint and star jumps. During this session Mataio, Tiava and Zane were helping us get our techniques right. Between the exercises we had 20 second intervals. I found the mountain climbers exercise the most difficult. But, I tried my hardest and gave it my all. I think everyone did a great job and tried there best. I am really proud of everyone because we all got into the red zone.

HIIT

Today for our HIIT session we were doing something a bit different from what we usually do. First everyone needed to get into pairs and join up with another two pairs. In my group there was Mataio, Tiava, Zane, Lyric and Affonso. In this session we were going in a circuit doing push ups, pull ups and squats. Each person would do three sets of all the exercises. I found this session a lot better because everyone was getting puffed really fast and it also helped us with our upper body strength. Tiava and I really supported each other in during the exercises and made sure we were doing it the correct way. 

HIIT

Today for HIIT (High intensity Interval training) we were learning how to do a split squat, split squat pulse, split squat jump and jumping jacks (star jumps). I found the split squat pulse the most effective because I felt the stretch while doing it. Everyone was trying to get really puffed and get our heart rates to the red zone. I accomplished that because I was doing the exercise properly and did not get distracted.