Hello! I did HIIT several years ago and LOVED it! It did nothing for my weight loss, but I think I didn't give it enough of a chance. It did amazing things for my blood pressure and fast and remember the feeling of utter euphoria I would get from it.

I want to start up again, but at the time I had a gym membership. Now I'm looking at doing it inside my house without any equipment, no treadmill, elliptical, etc. Is there a way to do without stuff.

I have stairs but I did that once and shredded my legs. I run around my ping pong table right now but I couldn't sprint around it without doing some damage to my ankles. Maybe this Spring I'll go outside, but I fear looking really lame in front of my neighbors. And it's like 10 degrees and lower in the mornings. Ouch, my lungs! LOL!

The more I sit here and think about it, the more I think I might get brave and try it in the morning around my neighborhood. Wow! I'm nervous! LOL! I have two cul-de-sacs around which I can run, but I just don't want to be seen. Maybe no one will be up at 5:30 AM. I'll tell you how it goes.

I'm going to attempt at least 6 intervals:
60 second high intensity, 120 seconds low, 60 high, 120 low, 60 high 120 low.

How about kettlebells? I'd look at a 15lb or 20lb kettlebell (or both). Kettlebells are a good cardio all over workout. It should be under $100.

Perhaps you'd like this link.

http://www.stumptuous.com/no-weights-no-problem

In fact, anybody who has no equipment should have a read (and she's funny!)

Susan, that was a GREAT read! I'm more inspired than ever now not to have a gym membership!

Yeah, I'll never have another gym membership again. Not unless it is free that is

Week 1, workout 1:
I did it! Wahoo! I'm nowhere near where I was when I was doing this before. I was cross with myself at first because I had intended to do a 60 second sprint followed by 120 second cool down. I wasn't able to do 60 seconds and had to be satisfied with 30. I felt like I was cheating myself. But I felt the same upon completion as I used to feel when I did the longer times, so I'm actually quite pleased with what I did today. It was hard! But I know I'll make quick gains at it. Also, I had to walk during the down time because jogging was too hard. But I've only been jogging around my ping pong table for a couple weeks now and my longest time doing that has been 11 minutes. Put me outside on a real road and that's quite a bit different!

So all in all, I'm pleased and I have to let up on myself a bit. I feel like I ran for an hour so I definitely took myself to my limit. I love HIIT!

Who needs a stinkin' gym?

Tabata training is great too and can be done with just about any exercise, squats, push ups, jumping jacks, lunges, etc....They even have tabata clocks!

I was reading about that today. It looks interesting. I wonder if it would provide the same benefit for the blood pressure that sprinting does. My BP goes down within a few of weeks of doing HIIT...or at least it did the last time.

A jump rope would be great for indoor interval training. You could run in place for the recovery periods.

The Biggest Loser Last Chance Workout is HITT based. I have it and I love it, you can make it as hard as you want. All you need is a set of hand weights.