Fitness For Sleep Deprived Parents - Corrected Version

So as it turned out I completely messed up the formatting for the email this morning. Below is a much more readable version…..

Happy Friday You Beautiful Parents. Ryan here with another round of the Friday Fitness Minute.

If you’ve been dragging your feet in the morning and wondering why the scale won’t budge, you’re not imagining it — those broken nights with the kids make everything harder. 

It’s like trying to push a grocery cart with one wonky wheel... it’ll move, but it fights you the whole way.

Here’s the part that usually surprises people: poor sleep doesn’t mean you’re stuck. 

Studies keep showing that short bursts of HIIT can actually reverse a lot of the metabolic slowdown that happens when you’re not sleeping well. Pretty wild, right? (And no, I’m not asking you to train like you’re late for a superhero audition.)

A simple at-home HIIT you can knock out in under 10 minutes:

• 30 seconds Jump squats

• 40 seconds march in place (get those knees up!)

• 30 seconds fast mountain climbers

• 40 seconds march in place

• 30 seconds high knees (fast)

• 40 seconds march in place

Repeat once or twice if you’ve got the bandwidth. 

Also, If you can talk while doing these you're not doing them hard enough. HIIT has to be high intensity to get the most out of it.

40 second rest is just a guideline. Take your time to recover before going hard again.

Alternatively if you have access to a treadmill, spin or battle bike you can do circuits on them too. 

HIIT is quick, it wakes up your metabolism, and it works even after a night of “sleep” that felt more like intermittent kid negotiations.

If you want help making this fit your real life — kids, chaos and all — just message me or book a call in the link below and we’ll map out something simple you can actually stick to.

Chat soon,

Ryan

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