"I don't have time"

There a quite a few people who say to me I don't have time to exercise, in my head I see myself slapping them upside their head and telling them "don't be stupid". Sorry but there is always time, and for those that feel they don't have time the best thing that you can do is to spend an evening creating a YouTube playlist of 10-15 minute workouts EVERYONE can find a spare 10 minutes in the morning to work out. Do a 10min HIIT workout for one whole week straight and see how quickly you'll want to keep up with it and also increase the time.

Why HIIT? If you only have 10mins a HIIT workout is the best workout you can do - QUICK & EFFECTIVE, and you'll notice differences in your body very quickly. 'HIIT, or high-intensity interval training, is a training technique in which you give all-out, one hundred percent effort through quick, intense bursts of exercise, followed by short, sometimes active, recovery periods. This type of training gets and keeps your heart rate up and burns more fat in less time.' (source)

1. Increases Your Metabolism

Combing high intensity with interval training results in EPOC, which speeds your metabolic rate and “translates into a metabolism boost for up to 48 hours after a complete HIIT routine,” says Salvador. This means you’ll still be burning fat even after you’ve left the gym.

2. Quick and Convenient
Long gone are the days of not having enough time for exercise. HIIT workouts is can be done anywhere: at home, in a hotel room, in a park, at a gym, etc. And most are 30 minutes or less! Who can’t spare that?

3. No Equipment Necessary

No dumbbells? No problem! HIIT workouts generally use only your body weight, since the focus is on getting your heart rate up and keeping it there. These workouts result in “optimal muscle building and muscle retention couples with fat loss and increased calorie burn,” says Salvador.

Many workout challenges that you can find and save in Pinterest use the princicples of HIIT training. 

After reading all that I DARE you to say you don't have time!

Working Out

Enough is Enough

So I posted this amazing comparison picture of my body now (at least 2 weeks ago on holiday) and a picture from the beginning of July. I had some ab definition coming through, or it could have just been good sunlight hitting me in all the right places. Either way I looked good! I like what I saw (nearly naked – in a bikini) for the first time in a long time. The thing is, apart from one single 15min HIIT workout while on holiday I haven’t done any exercise since returning from holiday. So yesterday morning I told myself ‘ENOUGH IS ENOUGH’, I can’t just get part of the way to looking how I want to look and then start going backwards. The thing is getting this far wasn’t even that hard, not since taking my shakes, because I know when on the program I can’t just take the shakes and wait for the weight to miraculously drop off – I’ve got to put the work in – think about what I eat and how much a exercise.

Since buying my 2lt water bottle I have significantly increased the amount of water I drink on a daily basis. I used to be able to go a whole day without a drink or maybe just one. My body never felt like it needed it but having at least 2lts of water a day is a real must!

Anyhoo yesterday I used my Beachbody subscription and I did a workout from The Brazil Butt Lift program.

Have you asked yourself yet if enough if enough?