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How To Get a Great HIIT Workout with the AirRunner

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The basis of high intensity interval training (HIIT) is to give high-intensity effort for quick bursts followed by short periods of rest. Since the AirRunner is powered by your own energy, all you have to do to attain a muscle-burning HIIT workout is to sprint for 10 seconds (beginner), 20 seconds (intermediate), or 30 seconds (advanced) followed by a 30-second recovery period of light walking or jogging. The best HIIT results will be obtained by pushing yourself to 80% of your max effort while sprinting. By repeating the process of sprinting followed by recovery for 21 phases, you’ve now completed...

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Five Major Benefits of HIIT

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High intensity interval training (HIIT) has become a hit in gyms throughout the country for its focus on giving maximum effort to achieve maximum results. HIIT can burn calories and fat in a shorter period of time and continue to burn calories and fat well after your workout is finished! Let’s take a closer look at the benefits of HIIT: 1) Burn more calories and fat in less time. Research has shown HIIT increases the heart rate and burns more calories in less time than standard aerobic workouts. Studies found that 20 minutes of high intensity interval training can produce...

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Training for Regionals Workout #6 – How to Convert Miles to Kilometers on the Assault AirBike

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How to Convert Miles to Kilometers on the Assault AirBike: As Assault Fitness Products continues to grow in their international reach and bandwidth, the question concerning the conversion of the distance metrics from miles to kilometers (meters) has moved to near the top of our “most frequently asked” questions. Assault is also thrilled that one of this year’s CrossFit Regionals workouts features a 1km (1000 meter) bike component. To get your Assault AirBike into Regionals-ready mode, here is how to convert the console to measure kilometers instead of miles. Conversion is easy and fast. Follow these three simple steps for converting miles...

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