Though it’s recommended that we get a daily average of 60 minutes of physical activity , many of us struggle to find that much time. This m...
Though it’s recommended that we get a daily average of 60 minutes of physical activity, many of us struggle to find that much time. This might be one of the reasons high-intensity interval training (HIIT) workouts – which take just 15-30 minutes to complete – have become so popular.
Though HIIT workouts might be short, a growing body of research shows they’re just as effective as longer endurance workouts for our health and fitness.
There are many different versions of high-intensity workouts, including CrossFit and Tabata. But the latest trend is AMRAP, which stand for “as many reps (or rounds) as possible”. There’s little research looking specifically at the effects of AMRAP workouts. But based on what research shows about the effects of HIIT, it’s likely this short but adaptable form of exercise can provide similar health benefits.
AMRAP training is based on time. You work to complete as many repetitions or rounds of exercises as possible within a set time. For example, you could do ten press-ups, ten crunches and ten jump squats, repeated in that order for as many rounds as possible until time expires. Or to make things simpler, you could perform a single exercise (such as burpees) for as many repetitions as possible for 60 seconds before taking...
