With this beautiful sunny weather, I’ve tried to exercise as much as I can outside instead of being stuck inside the gym. As it’s been so hot, I’ve focused on doing shorter but more intense HIIT workouts which I’ve really been enjoying. I’ve been going to different nearby parks every day around Walton-on-Thames and Esher to do these workouts (and taking our sausage dog Ralphie along with me so that he get his walk too and can have a good run around!) Sometimes I take a few pieces of equipment with me that I would use in my personal training sessions, but a lot of the time I just do bodyweight exercises and combine it with some sprints and plyometrics to get my heart rate up.

Here’s is an example of one of the HIIT workouts that I do that uses no equipment at all and that you can do outside:

Circuit 1 -repeat 3 times

Squats x 15

Squat jumps x 15

Plank hold for 40 secs

Run 100m

Circuit 2 – repeat 3 times

Plyo lunges x 16

Press ups x 15

Burpees x 12

Run 200m

 Circuit 3 – repeat 3 times

One leg squats x 15 each leg

Mountain climbers x 30

Side plank hold for 30 secs each side

Run 300m