Weight: +1.0 kg (2.2lb)
Almost there! The combo of fast diet and Turbo Fire HIIT workouts seems to be paying off!
Today is not a fast diet day and because I just charged my batteries that were unavailable yesterday, I am going to play Exerbeat on the Wii! Love that game. It is so cute and motivates you to move to unlock new exercises.
Talking of games, I thought I would write a little bit about the 7mn workout app I downloaded yesterday:
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/7-minute-workout-seven-high/id650276551?mt=8
The app guides you through a succession of 12 exercises. You are to perform the exercises for 30 seconds each and you have 10 seconds between exercises to "catch your breath" (or really just change into the accurate position for the next one...). You just need a wall and a chair (and I would add a yoga mat to make some moves more comfortable) to do these exercises. No fancy equipment. The app is based on an article published on the New York Times that claims that doing these exercises at maximum effort in exactly that order makes a balanced high intensity interval training:
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/09/the-scientific-7-minute-workout/?_r=0
Does it work?
Too early to tell for me... I like the idea that it is just 7 minutes. I will probably fit that in during my lunch hour when I don't have enough time to leave my office. However, the authors do recommend doing it a couple of times a day if that is your only workout routine. The app mentioned above follows the exact sequence of the New York Times article. I like the fact that it adds a bit of "gamers mentality" to it: you have 3 "lives" and lose one every time you skip a day of workout. You need to stay in the game to unlock a different 7mn workout routine every 2 months... I'll see if I can stick to the same sequence every day for that long... I do get bored fast, that's why I have so many workout dvds to choose from...
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