Cardio Fitness Tips from the Personal Training Blog
Oct 23, 2007 in Douglasville, Fitness, Personal Training Blog
Want to burn some serious calories? Well then you have to get serious about your cardio.
I am an elliptical fanatic as well as an Arc Trainer lover but the last couple of weeks, I have been telling people to get back on the treadmill for a few sessions. Why? Not because it is necessarily better. But because when it comes to fitness equipment, it is one of the few pieces that cannot be cheated by Lucy Loophole.
Sorry, finding a way to get in your 20, 30, 45 or hour workout without actually training and feeling it is a pipe dream and like all diet and exercise loopholes, you pay the price.
Remember all the low carb foods that came out a few years ago that had more calories that the products they were replacing. Same deal. If it is too good to be true, it is. And sadly. I see dozens of people every day cheating the elliptical to just “knock out a workout”. Good way to tell you are working hard enough? You should be sweating. If you never sweat when you come to the gym, you are not special, you are just not working hard enough.
So here are my top cardio tips based on my personal training experience:
1 – Pick a machine that you can do for a good 30-45 minute sweat building workout. And don’t be afraid to change the machine mid-workout for something different or to change it completely if you are not getting results.
2 – Throw your towel over the timer or use the timer as an interval tool. Don’t be a clock watcher and get all bummed that you are going so slow. Either tune in and use the timer as a tool or tune out and ignore it.
3 – Don’t eat the calories you burn — ya — lots of people do!! And since the calories may not be accurate for you, you could be sabotaging your goals. Just do the time, ignore the calories.