Hi Everyone,
Like those purple jeans you bought when hipsterness was at its height-working out can lose its lackluster and appeal-even results that you were once seeing slow way way down.
A great way to start seeing results again or avoid the stall altogether, is to add cardio-bursts to your strength training. By adding these cardio intervals, you'll be doing a few things: getting your cardio throughout, cutting down your cardio time, participating in high intensity bursts that call for immediate muscle action ( and thus, more defined muscles) and burning as MANY CALORIES AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE.
For my clients (and myself) I always start a workout with a 7-10 minute warm-up. If I'm doing intervals I'll start with strength training for around 10 minutes followed by the treadmill/bike/ rowing machine for 3 minutes. In these interval bursts, I alternate between 30 seconds of ' OMG this is really fast' and 30 seconds of rest for the three minutes. What exactly is "OMG this is really fast"? Well if your exertion was expressed in a scale from 1-10 ( 1 being staring at a tree and ten being uprooting a tree with your bare hands) , this " OMG" 30 second burst would be an 8-9/10 and the "rest/recovery" 30 seconds would be about a 2-3/10.
After the three minutes is up, give yourself 1 minute ( having a wrist watch helps) to breathe and recollect yourself, then go back to weights for 5-10 minutes-repeating the cardio bursts 2-4 times throughout your workout.
Just a tip: stay in close distance of the machine and strength training equipment you are using- trust me- the back and forth can be discouraging!
Have a great weekend everyone!!
Love and more love
Sasha
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