Fitness Tip of the Day: Wednesday's Wild/Warrior Workout -- HIIT Quick and HIIT Hard

This is a tabata style (20 seconds work/10 seconds rest) workout from FitnessBlender.  The routine consists of 7 exercises each performed twice for a total of 14 rounds.

Depending on your weight--the calorie counter at the right of the screen (in the video) shows that during this 8 minute workout you can burn between 70 and 130 calories--not bad for 8 minutes!!!

The push up jacks are ridiculous!!!  To modify, keep arms still and jump the legs out and in while in plank position.  To modify further, you can step your legs out one at a time (while in plank position).

As always, if the jumping is too hard on your knees, modify.  If you are not jumping, then you are performing the exercise with bigger and more exaggerated movement to get your heart rate up high.

You want to feel your heart pounding in this workout--just listen to the instructor--he's huffin' and puffin'