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HIIT is pretty simple and a gym buddy or a trainer is more needed for the actual weightlifting imo. I'm not sure where you live, but in some parts of the world HIIT is getting harder about now because of the temperatures dropping. I went down to the track the other day and it was all iced over, luckily though I could run on the grass field.
What you do for HIIT is basically just measure up like 100 meters or so. Sprint like a motherfucker to the other side, rest for 20 seconds (although try jogging/walking while resting) run back, rince and repeat for as much as long as you can. Some people will argue what intervals you should and should not do, but it really doesn't matter so much as long as you get your heartrate up high when you're sprinting and that you're parched as fuck before you're done. Remember to warm up for some 5 minutes before and cool down for some 5 minutes after. And strech, lest ye get cramps.
An HIIT workout usually only takes 15-20 minutes really, but it'll still get you cursing and going: "FUUUUUCK I DONT WANNA RUN NO MORE" but it's also good training to keep pushing your limits. Do HIIT the days you don't do weights/cardio, as your body pretty much need 48 hours to resusitate after a decent weight-training session anyway, the offdays are good chances at HIIT. If you're really hardcore, you can do some normal cardio the same days you do HIIT aswell, like, get up early in the morning, run for like 30 minutes, then do HIIT later that day, but be careful not to do too much cardio.
Also, remember to vary your cardio. Some days go jogging, some days bicycling, using an epiliptical or whatever. If you per say run too much your body gets mindnumbingly efficient at running at minimum energy and that's not really what we want it to do. Swimming can also be done, but be careful that swimming makes you hungry as fuck, so prepare some filling albeit low calory food.
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