Happy Labor Day!
Fun fact: Canada, The United States, and Bermuda are the only countries to celebrate Labor Day in September. All other countries celebrate Labor Day in May.
“The end of labor is to gain leisure.” – – Aristotle
This begs the question: What can you do to increase your leisure time?
-OR- How can you end your “labor” quickly?
I think for workouts that means doing an interval -style workout.
The latest research talks about women over 45 lifting heavy weights twice a week, and then doing interval -style workouts two other days.
HIIT workouts are ‘high intensity interval training’ where you choose a short interval to work really hard, and then recover for another period of time.
How long?
That’s up to you.
Try 10 seconds really hard, and then recover until your heart rate is back down to 120 (if you happen to have something that tracks heart rate.) Try that a few times.
See how many intervals you can get accomplished in 20 minutes.
You might also consider keeping track of your workouts and your heart rate, because two things will happen relatively quickly:
Your heart rate will drop faster, and you will recover faster. That means you are done with your workout faster.
Therefore, ‘the end of labor.’
Time for leisure!
Happy Labor Day!
Here’s to balance, strength, and happiness,
🙂 Laura
