You've got your menu planned for the week, you've had a day to practice your Tuesday's tip, now let's kick it into gear and start a workout. Working out at home on your own can be challenging. Watch for future Tuesday's tips for finding motivation to work out. Our goal will eventually be to get in 1hr a day 5 days a week of exercise. For now if all you are up for is 10 minutes, that's a great start. As always, consult with your physician before beginning and exercise regimen.
To begin a workout, you don't necessarily need to stretch your muscles like you do at the end of a workout, but you do need to warm them up. Once you have warmed up for about 5 minutes (marching in place, stepping side to side, hamstring curls, etc..) you are ready to begin a workout.
Today's workout is going to be Cardiovascular Training. This will be done by
varying the intensity during your "Cardio Workout". Choose a type of cardio exercise you enjoy -running, walking, in-line skating, or biking. If you have access to equipment you can use a "Stair-stepper", an "Elliptical Trainer," "Treadmill," "Gazelle" etc.. Use intense intervals, taking about 1 minute to get from moderate speed to intense.
Do:
*30 seconds of the highest speed you can tolerate, then 30 seconds of normal speed.
*Then 30 seconds of the stiffest resistance you can handle, then 30 seconds of normal.
Keep moving back and forth between speed and resistance until you've completed 10 minutes.
*Resume normal speed for 10 minutes.
*Repeat from beginning.
Beginners, do this cycle through once. Intermediates, try going through the entire cycle twice and if you consider yourself advanced, repeat it 3 times to give yourself an hour of "fat burning metabolism boosting exercise".
Great job! As always, if you have any questions feel free to leave a comment or email me at loseweightwithmeforfree@gmail.com I'd love to hear from you.
-Your Diet DiVa
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