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Category: Cardio

  • The Right Exercise Machine for Cardio

    Generally there is no shortage of exercise machines in the gym.  You’ll see rows and rows of equipment when you walk in.  Ellipticals, treadmills, upright bikes, recumbent bikes, stairmasters, step mills and even rowing machines. Yet, when it comes to performing your cardio workout, which one is the right one for you? The right exercise…

  • Endurance Training for Beginners

    Endurance Endurance training focuses on the cardiovascular (i.e., heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries) and respiratory (i.e., lungs) system. Improving one’s endurance means improving your body’s ability to capture and deliver large quantities of oxygenated blood (and remove metabolic wastes) over extended periods. There are many options for endurance training from which the beginner can choose:…

  • How to Run Faster

    In every sport you play there is one skill that will put you a level above the rest of the competition.  Speed.  If you can run faster than your opponent can, you’re going to have a significant advantage over your opponent.  For years it was thought that speed was a genetic trait you were either…

  • 5 Benefits of High Intensity Sprinting

    As you go about your workout program, one of the main things that you should be focusing on is adding some high intensity sprinting into the mix.  Whether you are looking to lose body fat, improve your physical conditioning level, or simply improve your health, sprinting offers numerous benefits that you need to be aware…

  • Easy Home Cardio Workouts

    Some people love going to the gym for hours at a time, some dread it.  Other refuse to go to the gym and prefer to workout at home.  Performing cardio workouts at home can be fun and just as beneficial as going to the gym.  The problem most people run into when doing cardio at…

  • Best Cardio Routine For Losing Weight

    Wondering what the best cardio routine for losing weight is? If so, you aren’t alone.  You’ve likely heard a number of conflicting viewpoints on this as some people believe that the most ideal form of cardio is high intensity training, where you alternate periods of all-out exercise with periods of lower intensity work, while others…

  • Visit a Boot Camp to Improve Your Cardio, Strength and More

    Boot camps have become the workout of the 21st century. No matter where you live, you will likely be able to find one in your area, at a reasonable price. Boot camps can improve your cardio, strength, flexibility; and help to enjoy a healthy, motivating, and social atmosphere. Circuit Style Training Boot camp sessions are…

  • Stair Climber Workouts

    Why Stairs? Stair climbing is a serious workout with the potential for aerobic and anaerobic benefit. It can develop size, strength, and endurance in the muscles of the hips and legs, from the glutes to the hamstrings and quadriceps down to the calves. Depending on the rise height from step to step, the number of…

  • Upper Body Ergometer Workout

    Upper body ergometers (or arm ergometers as they are more commonly known) are an excellent way of building strength and fitness. Ergometers can be used as a warm up to your resistance training workout or can be used as a cardio workout. How you use an ergometer is up to you but one thing’s for…

  • Treadmill Workouts for Great Lungs and a Mighty Heart

    Old school, competitive runners generally prefer the outdoors for scenic beauty, sunshine and fresh air, variable conditions that test our spirit and adaptability, camaraderie of fellow enthusiasts, and practical locomotion to common destinations. With so many seeming advantages, why would anyone choose to do a treadmill workout when they can go outside? Simple: it can…

  • Choreographing Step Aerobics Routines

    Step aerobics classes have been in gyms and fitness centers since the late ‘80s-early ‘90s and are very popular. One of the benefits of step aerobics routines is that they provide a high intensity workout at a low impact level. Also, participating (not to mention instructing) a step aerobics class is the equivalent to jogging at a…

  • Indoor Cycling Routines – What You Should Know

    If you’re someone who’s very much into cardiovascular exercise, indoor cycling routines are a great way to stay in shape, enhance your fitness, and reach or maintain your ideal body weight. Many people are quick to run to the treadmill or cross trainer to get in their cardio training, but you can really see numerous…

  • Your Elliptical Workout Plan For Weight Loss

    Check out this elliptical workout video: Now continue below w/ some additional elliptical workout info: As you get started on your weight loss journey, one thing that you’ll definitely want to spend some time getting into place is a solid elliptical workout plan.  The Elliptical machine is one of the best forms of cardio you…

  • Finding the Right Blend of Cardio and Weight Lifting for Muscle Growth

    I was recently asked “will an intense cardiovascular workout after lifting heavy weights build my muscles bigger and faster?” The question and answer is complicated. The question itself needs quite a bit of clarification. The answer is a factor of diet, body type, training objectives, and more. First off, intensity must be defined. It is…