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How to Do Cardio Exercises
Cardio, also known as aerobic, exercise helps to work large groups of muscles, such as in the legs, and make the heart and lungs stronger. By providing your body with endurance, stamina, and increased oxygen production, your will feel more energized. Other benefits are burning calories and lowering blood pressure. This type of fitness can be achieved by doing ordinary chores around your home, such as scrubbing floors or mowing the lawn, through traditional workouts such as walking, jogging or jumping rope, or even through structured classes such as step aerobics or Tai Chi.When beginning a cardio program, it is important to first consult your doctor in case your have any medical conditions that need to be addressed. Exercise can improve the quality of life for any individual, regardless of their medical condition, but consulting your physician will ensure that the workout regimen you choose are not harmful to your condition or will not aggravate your heart due to any medication you may be taking that can adjust your heart rate.Once you have consulted your physician, you can begin selecting cardio exercises that are right for your body and for your goals. It is important to choose a workout regimen that you will enjoy versus choosing that regimen based on what you think you should be doing. If you enjoy the fitness route you take, you will be more likely to continue that routine to better your health for life. Long term cardio exercise is always preferred, to keep your body m
Including Cardio in Your Workout
When you are embarking on the path to weight loss, it is important to include a cardiovascular component to maximize your potential. Cardiovascular activity includes any type of exercise which elevates your heart rate and generally utilizes the larger muscles of your body to generate energy.Cardio is a very versatile exercise and can be performed either indoors or outdoors, with or without a variety of equipment. Common outdoor cardio activities include running or jogging, cycling, skiing, power walking, rollerblading, and even skipping rope. Common indoor cardio activities include the use of machines such as the treadmill, elliptical, cycles, rowing machines, and step and ladder machines.There are five different types of cardio sessions and we will describe each one briefly:1. Low Intensity for long durations – This type of cardio includes walking or cycling and generally lasts for about 40 minutes or longer. This training type usually gets your heart rate going to 40% – 60% of the maximum rate. You can tell that you are in this zone because you are still able to hold a conversation while performing the exercise.2. Medium intensity and duration – While performing this type of cardio, such as jogging, you are generally within 60% – 70% of your maximum heart rate. The duration will shorten to about 20 – 40 minutes and while still allowing you to converse, you will find yourself panting and breathing heavily.3. High intensity for short periods
At Home Cardio Workout, No Weights Required
Don’t let not having weights at home cause you not to workout! I have an at home cardio workout that doesn’t require anything but your body weight. Many people think that they cant get a great workout unless they have some type of weights and that couldn’t be further from the truth. The fact is that body weight exercise routines are simple, fast, and require no money. All you need is 20 minutes per day and some space to workout with.With this Workout No Weights are RequiredFor this at home cardio routine you are going to do a circuit of five exercises that for a minute each with no rest in between the sets. So you will do one minute of jump rope followed by burpees and so one. Do one complete rotation of the exercises and rest for one minute then start again. So let’s get started with this workout.Jump rope:Start the routine skipping rope a fairly moderate pace for one minute. Make sure that you have a clock or timer in front of you so that you are doing exactly one minute of jumping rope.Burpees:After one minute of jumping rope transition into burpees. This is going to be a killer full body workout just from doing these two exercises back to back. Begin in a squat position with your hands on the floor in front of you. Then quickly push your feet back until you are in a push up position and immediately return back to the squat position. From there jump in the air as high as possible from your squatting position and then repeat for one minute.High Knee
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