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HIIT: The Pin Twins’ intense exercises to burn fat in summer
Fitness
The personal trainers Esther and Gema Pineda, Pin Twins, propose these five HIIT exercises to tone the whole body and burn fat
PM1:35Let’s go with a HIIT! This week the Gemelas Pin They once again propose a High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT), a formula that is characterized by combining short intervals of exercises at maximum intensity with short periods of rest (or in some cases, with less intense exercises).
HIIT routine
- Drill
- 5
- Time
- 45 ” (each exercise)
- TV Shows
- 3
- Rest
- 15 ” (between series)
Along with the tables for tone glutes and legs, HIIT workouts are a favorite of the more than 84.000 followers of the Pin Twins on Instagram. In recent months, the personal trainers have designed more than 10 HIIT routines for ABC Bienestar, displaying their creativity and imagination when giving a new twist to each exercise, with basics such as «burpees”, The” mountain climbers “or climbers, the plank, the jumping jacks or the squat. “We want people who follow our routines to have fun while they get in shape, so we have to provide variations and we have to play with different levels and difficulties,” Esther and Gema Pineda explain.
The Pin Twins HIIT routine includes five exercises that can be performed in about 15 minutes. Each exercise is done without rest with a duration of 45 seconds. Once the five exercises have been carried out, the entire series is repeated three times, with a 15-second rest between series.
Exercise 1: Star with jump
To perform the exercise, we will start from the squat position and then jump upwards, stretching arms and legs to the maximum. Return to the starting position with each jump and perform a brief two-second stop in the isometric squat. The exercise is repeated for 45 seconds.
Exercise 2: Plank with feet by hand
We started the exercise from the frog position, squatting with legs spread, with our hands resting on the ground. Then we jump our legs backwards until we are in a plank position, we squat again and from there we jump up. We return to the initial squat position with legs spread and repeat the exercise for 45 seconds.
Exercise 3: Long Jump and Side Jump
Standing with knees slightly bent and legs spread at shoulder height, we jump forwards, then backwards, and then we do a side jump to one side and then to the other to return to the starting position. We repeat the exercise for 45 seconds.
Exercise 4: Knees to chest and skipping
The race on the knees or «skipping» is one of the best known exercises for training and learning the running technique. To practice it, it is advisable to take care of your position so that we avoid leaning the trunk forward.
From the standing position, we raise our knees towards our chest, first one and then the other, we continue the exercise in a row and synchronizing arms and legs alternately doing “skipping” for 45 seconds.
Exercise 5: Heels to glute in plank
From the abdominal plank position we maintain the position and raise the heels towards the gluteus alternately, trying not to hunch the body or bend the arms.