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ELLE Guide
VOL. 11How to Simplify Your Life
It’s time to stop equating the success of your workout with how
long it lasts. Science has shown us time and again that shorter,
more intense sweat seshes, like high-intensity interval training (HIIT),
are as good for your health as a 45-minute jog—and you can do them
in your living room while half-watching reruns of Friends. Try Tabata,
which is 20 seconds of hard work followed by a short rest, and mix
it up, says Caleigh Rykiss, founder of Toronto-based Body Love Inc,
a combined boxing and HIIT workout. “Alternating between intense
strength moves [like weights, squats and lunges] and higher-impact
cardio is such an efficient way to work out,” she says. CARLI WHITWELLHOW DO I
MAKE TIME
TO WORK OUT?
Have a desk job but dream
of fitness-influencer-level
sweat sessions? Stop
stressing. You can get
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McCartney T-shirt
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Organic-cotton T-shirt ($335,
at matchesfashion.com)Does the perfect
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These worth-the-investment
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The Schott jacket
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tering. Acetate sunglasses, Prada ($370,
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from recycled leather. Recycled-cotton, organic-cotton,
Refibra and recycled-polyester jeans, Triarchy ($188,
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MARKET EDITOR, ELAINE JYLL REGIO