3. WHAT’S IN YOUR HANDS?
- If you have a magazine or book that you thought about catching up on while you worked out, throw it out. Nobody has ever gotten fit while reading and doing cardio.
- You can only focus on one thing at a time, make it your workout. Save the book for before bed.
4. WARM-UP:
- Doing a dynamic warm-up will increase mobility, decrease your chance of injury, and prepare your body's systems for the task at hand.
- Don't overlook warmups. Skip them and you're bound to get hurt.
5. AVOID STEADY-STATE CARDIO:
- Unless you’re training for a long-distance race, avoid staying at the same pace for an extended period of time.
- Varying degrees of intensity—often called HIIT, for high-intensity interval training—will increase your metabolism better than steady work will.
6. SPRINT:
- Incorporate sprints either into your normal run or as their own workout session.
- Sprints rev the metabolism and can assist will building muscle in the legs.
7. MIX IN EXERCISES:
- Try mixing in bodyweight exercises between your runs.
- This will break up a "boring session" and add a strength-building component to your workout.
8. FIGHT THAT LITTLE VOICE:
- Ignore that voice in your head that tells you to slow down, take a break, or just flat-out quit.
- Fitness is a discipline. Learn to embrace the work.
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9. COOL DOWN:
- Bring your heart rate back down.
- This will improve your recovery process and progressively slow the body down after an intense session.
10. KEEP TRACK:
- You keep a workout log of how much weight you lift, right? Keep track of how far you went and the tempo you used to get there.
- Numbers don't lie. Documenting your progress will keep you in tune with what works and what doesn't.
11. GET CONSISTENT:
- One great cardio session has never gotten anyone anywhere. One month of great cardio sessions has.
- Get into a routine and stick with it. Develop a process from warm-up to cool down.