Im an Exercise PhysiologistHeres Why You Shouldnt Worry About Cortisol Spikes When You Do HIIT Workouts.

Burpees into squat jumps!

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Oh, and your bodys the only equipment you need.

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Check out trainer Ash Wilkings low-impact HIIT workout

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Pretend youre gripping a medicine ball between your palms.

Spring up onto your toes, swinging your arms overhead and extending your legs.

Drop back down into a squat and fling your arms downward as if youre slamming anactualmedicine ball.

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Repeat this move three times.

Complete this same pattern for 45 seconds, then rest for 15 seconds.

see to it you alternate which foot steps back first.

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Bend the right knee and push your butt straight back, coming into a side lunge.

Repeat the same move to the left then back to the right.

After your third lunge, step the left foot into a curtsy behind your right foot.

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Return to your wide-legged stance and start the same pattern on the left side.

Repeat for 45 seconds.

Rest for 15 after.

Tara Davis-Woodhall of Team United States celebrates with husband Hunter Woodhall after winning the gold medal in the Women’s Long Jump Final on day thirteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 08, 2024 in Paris, France.

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On an inhale, draw your right knee into your right elbow.

Tap the right knee to the left elbow and return to plank position.

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Tuck the left knee into the left elbow.

(All these movements should be slow and controllednot fast.)

Tap it to the right elbow and return to plank.

Continue switching sides for the next 45 seconds.

Rest for 15 seconds.

Three-point lunge

Stand up tall and step your right foot forward into a lunge.

Quickly drive the right knee into your chest.

Switch sides and continue alternating for the next 45 seconds.

Tricep pulse to burpee

(See!

you might still get a burpee in using a low-impact style!)

Start in plank position.

Bend your elbows back just slightly three times quickly.

Walk both of your feet beside your hands.

Lift your torso and reach up to the sky.

Place your hands back on the ground and walk back into plank.

Keep going for 45 more seconds.

Then rest for 15 more.

Take a minute break, then repeat the entire circuit two more times.

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