I Just Need to Sweat
There are some days where I just need to sweat. It doesn’t even matter if I’ve been on my feet all day working, and I’m totally exhausted, sometimes I just need to move.
Maybe it was a tough day, maybe I just need to burn off some steam, or I need a place to put my stress. Regardless, it’s those days when I know without a shadow of a doubt, I’ll feel better when I’m done.
I know you have those days. When the workout is serving a bigger purpose than just moving your body.
To sweat and be able to leave my day in a puddle on my mat.
On days like those, I know I need workouts that are going to push me. I need the workout that has me focusing on nothing else except the work that I’m doing.
That kind of challenge.
I need a workout that was hard enough to forget about all BS.
To give me space to breathe, to focus on something other than all the things I need to take care of or things that are pulling at my energy.
All the laundry, the dogs need to be walked, and dinner that needs to be prepped, I just needed a minute from it all. Sometimes I know that I need to walk away for a minute so I can actually get those things accomplished.
Before, I used to neglect that need because I didn’t think I had enough time to get a good workout in if I only had 20 minutes. Shoot, being honest, more like 10 minutes. But then I found myself getting frustrated at everything. My fuse was super short and I had NO patience for anyone or anything.
Now I know I can get a quick little burn in if I’m smart about my time and how I’m utilizing it for my workouts.
HIIT workouts are my Go To workouts for those times. They’re designed to be short and if you push yourself hard enough (and pair it with some sold post workout nutrition), you can continue burning calories AFTER the workout is over.
It’s a process called Excessive Post Oxygen Consumption or EPOC. When you go into a HIIT workout, your body goes into oxygen deficit. As a result, when the workout is over, your body works harder to restore that loss of oxygen, so you can return to your pre-exercise state. Your body does this process by increasing your metabolic rate and burning more calories.
That process kicks in once the workout is over, which is why you can continue to burn calories POST workout. It’s an awesome thing our body can do and one of the reasons why people gravitate to the harder, more intense workouts. Because they know results will keep coming.
Today’s Workout
Tabata
10 Rounds
Even number rounds: swings
Odd number rounds: push press
