25 Min Low Impact HIIT Workout is a cardio + strength workout from Heather Robertson. It is all bodyweight and low impact–and a lot of fun! In only 26 minutes Heather works your entire body and also gives you cardio. According to my Apple Watch I burned a total of 192 calories and spent most of the time in Zone 3 and Zone 4 of my heart rate (cardio levels). Not bad! Another great workout to do when you are short on time or as an add on to the end of another workout.
The exercises are all done interval style: 45 seconds of work followed by 15 seconds of recovery. There is a timer in the lower right hand corner of the screen counting down your intervals and recoveries. During the recoveries Heather previews your next exercise.
25 Min Low Impact HIIT Workout is 25:52 minutes; 30 second intro, 1:45 minute warm up and 2:40 minute stretch. Equipment: fitness mat.
- Touch down & twist (stand with hands behind head, squat while tapping one hand to floor, when you stand, raise one knee and twist torso, tapping opposite elbow to knee)
- Repeat #1 on other side of body
- Inchworm climbers (stand at end of mat, hinge forward and walk hands out to plank, do 2 mountain climbers (once each leg), walk hands back to feet, stand raising arms overhead)
- Squat jack (stand with legs close together, lower into a narrow squat reaching hands to floor beside feet, when you stand, step one foot out to side with jumping jack arms, repeat this sequence stepping out with other leg)
- Skate & reach (alternating cross back lunges, reach one hand to floor while in lunge, reach both arms overhead when changing sides)
- Side lunge & drive (step out to side into side lunge, push back to start while also doing a knee raise, alternate sides)
- Bear plank & tap (start in bear pose (on hands and toes with knees bent at 90 degrees and elevated a few inches of the floor) tap opposite hand to shoulder 2x (once each hand/shoulder) then step legs out to plank, step feet back into bear pose)
- Superman push up (alternate one superman with one push up)
- Bicycle crunch
- Squat & lunge (one squat + one reverse lunge, alternate legs when lunging)
- 30 second rest
- Repeat #1-10
For more info on Heather Robertson’s workouts and other (free) streaming workouts I’ve sampled and reviewed, check out my Streaming page.
