Here's a basic 20-minute HIIT workout designed by ACE-certified fitness instructor John Kersbergen to help you lose belly fat by burning calories to decrease your overall body fat, revealing a slimmer, leaner tummy. This workout alternates between jumping rope and bodyweight moves, so all you need is a jump rope. If you don't have one, just pretend (it works!) or run in place instead.
20-Minute HIIT Workout
Directions: After warming up with five minutes of walking in place, jumping jacks, and plank shoulder taps, perform each exercise below for 40 seconds, then take a 20-second rest. Push yourself hard during each 40-second interval. Perform the entire circuit twice for a 20-minute workout, or three times for a half-hour workout. Cool down with this 10-minute stretching routine.
Begin in the plank position, with your shoulders over your wrists, your body in one straight line, and your feet together.
Like the motion of jumping jacks, jump your legs wide apart and then back together to complete a rep. Jump as quickly as you want, but keep your pelvis steady and don't let your booty rise toward the ceiling.
Complete as many plank jacks as you can in 40 seconds. Take a 20-second rest.
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5. V-Sits
Lie on your back, and reach your arms rigidly to your side, off the floor. Lift your legs off the floor and point them, so they are at about a 45-degree angle. Lift your head so your shoulders are off the floor as well.
When you're ready to begin, lift your upper torso off the floor and bend your knees. You can lean back to make this move harder or come up more to make it easier. Slowly lower your upper body back down to the floor, straightening out your legs as you do so. Stop when your back is on the floor, but not your head, shoulders, or legs.
This completes one rep.
Do as many v-sits as you can in 40 seconds. Rest for 20 seconds.
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