I was asked to do a short video clip on outdoor exercise for the weekly Trainer Tips on Stltoday.com! Awesome...I know a few things about outdoor exercise....where do I begin??
Of course I had a whole page of recommendations and tips, but my video got cut down to about 1 minute! The strength circuit is there, but one of the best cardio tips didn't make it in, but here it is...
Add intervals to your cardio workout!! Yes, its great if you walk 3 miles everyday, but its not going to be a workout for you for very long. You have to take yourself out of your comfort zone for things to happen!! Your heart rate must get into your target zone for the cardio to be beneficial to the heart and to burn the calories! Its not always convenient to count your heart rate and if you don't have a heart rate monitor, don't worry....just use the rate of percieved exersion. RPE is a scale of 1-10 with 1 being sitting or at rest and 10 being the all out hardest you can work! Sometimes it takes ME to find out where your 10 is! LOL! You want to be working to where you cannot talk. Don't worry, you are only holding this intesity for 30 seconds to a minute and then you will recover. Try 2-3 min of a walk or jog and 30 sec to 1min of an all out 10! You will burn 9 times more fat in half the time of your steady state cardio. A great effective and efficient workout. We usually only suggest 20 min of this because you should be POOPED by 20!
Oh...and the video! Here is is... http://videos.stltoday.com/p/video?id=99947881&genre_id=2962
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