Full Body HIIT Workout For Runners
Written By: SportsShoes
Get ready to get on the move as Barry’s Bootcamp trainer Harrison Sellers returns with his full body HIIT workout for runners in our latest #NoFunStandingStill AT HOME session.
This hardcore, running-specific HIIT workout uses bodyweight to focus on strengthening the lower body, building single leg stability and on key areas for runners to boost power and performance. With a Tabata-focused main workout, you’ll also take on the plank challenge and a brutal 4 minute finisher all designed to make you a better, stronger runner.
Time: 45 minutes
Benefits:
- Running specific exercises focusing on all over body strength and power
- Tabata focused main workout to get your heart racing and fire up your metabolism
- Full explanation of all the exercises
- Comprehensive full body conditioning
- No equipment needed
Workout Summary
Warm Up
Mobility Phase
- Cat Camel
- Thoracic Rotation
- Hip opener
Dynamic Phase
- Stiff Legs on the Spot
- High Knees
- Hamstring Swings
Main Workout (Tabata Training)
2 circuits
3 exercises in each circuit repeated 3 times
40 seconds on and 20 seconds off
2 rounds of each circuit – 9 minutes total
Circuit 1- Pulse Lunge with Switch
- Single Leg Glute Bridge
- Alternate Narrow and Wide Squats
Circuit 2
- Plank with Leg Pulse
- Scorpion Kick
- Reverse Lunge with Lift
5 Minute Plank Challenge
- 2 minutes high plank hold
- If you break the plank, go to burpees for the rest of the two minutes
- 30 second rest
- High Plank Hold
- 1 minute
- 30 seconds rest
- 30 seconds High Plank Hold
- 30 seconds Mountain Climbers
4 Minute Finisher
- 3 x exercises
- 30 seconds of each exercise
- 30 second break
- 2 minute circuit of exercises back to back (see below for numbers)
- Mountain Climbers x 12
- Squat Jacks x 6
- Chest to Floor Burpees x 3
Cool Down
Stretch and relax to finish
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