| Tired of the same old boring cardio routines you've | | | | you are advanced. Aim for doing this routine 3 times |
| been doing on the elliptical, treadmill or bike for years? | | | | per week. It will only take about 5 minutes to complete. |
| Ready for something new and different that you can | | | | As you advance and want to increase the intensity |
| change every time you workout? Only have a few | | | | you can add exercises or groups of exercises to |
| minutes here and there to get your workout done? | | | | make it more challenging. |
| Well, this creative cardio routine is the one for you. It | | | | Here is the routine: 30 seconds each, no rest between |
| only requires your body and your willingness to push | | | | exercises, 3 rounds of each with 15 sec break |
| yourself for short interval bursts that will boost your | | | | between rounds. |
| metabolism and get you lean in no time. Intervals are | | | | 1. Jog in Place - Harder: High Knees; Easier: March in |
| the basis for this routine. What you'll be doing is rotating | | | | Place |
| through a series of 3 bodyweight calisthenic like | | | | 2. Jab Punch Front Kick Combo - Harder: Upper Cut |
| exercises that you do for 30 seconds each before | | | | Punches Overhead; Easier: Jab Punches |
| repeating the series for up to 3 sets. These can be | | | | 3. Jumping Jacks - Harder: Front Jumping Jacks (feet |
| VERY intense intervals that will really get your heart | | | | move front to back); Easier: Step Out to side with |
| rate up and your muscles working so start off slowly | | | | each foot while bringing arms overhead |
| and build into the routine. The exercises may seem | | | | If you can only get through the series one time to start |
| very basic and simple but they are quite challenging | | | | with that's fine, just build from there. As you can see |
| especially when done in groups with as little rest as | | | | this routine will get both your upper and lower body |
| possible between them. I will detail an intermediate | | | | involved and you can do it at home without the need |
| routine as well as tell you how you can make the | | | | for any equipment. |
| routine easier if you are a beginner, or more difficult if | | | | |