Corporate HIIT Workshop

Overview

HIIT's only real advantage in a corporate setting is duration: an effective session finishes in 20 to 30 minutes. That makes it the one fitness format that fits into a lunch break or between two meetings. No equipment is needed; all it takes is a clock and an empty space.

The format that fits a conference day

This is the fitness page to read if your group is in Turkey for meetings. Nothing has to be transported, no venue has to be booked, no transfer is needed and no specialist floor is required — a cleared meeting room works. For a team that has been sitting in one room since nine in the morning, a 30-minute block after lunch does more for the afternoon session than a longer coffee break, and it costs the agenda half an hour.

The structure: work and rest

HIIT is not a set of movements but a structure of time. You work at high intensity for a set period, rest for a set period, and repeat the cycle — 40 seconds of work, 20 seconds of rest, eight rounds, for example. Which movement is performed is secondary; the rhythm is what decides it.

Intensity is personal

"High intensity" does not mean the same thing for everyone. In the same 40 seconds one participant does a jumping movement while another does the walking version of it — and both have worked at their own threshold. The instructor gives a low-impact alternative for every movement, and that is the condition of the workshop being viable in a corporate setting.

Practical details

• Space. 2 m² per participant; a meeting room is enough.
• Floor. Mats over carpet; jumping movements are reduced on a hard floor.
• The floor below. Jumping is noisy; if there is a meeting below, the low-impact version is used.
• Showers. If the duration is kept short and the intensity moderate, showers may not be needed; this is agreed with the company in advance.

Benefits for companies

Frequently asked questions