Cardio DOs & DON'Ts

As I mentioned in the previous post where I discouraged women performing cardio. Well actually that's not what I meant. Cardio is equally important as weight lifting, they go hand in hand. However, there is a proper way to perform cardiovascular exercises to accelerate fat burning.

If you catch yourself doing this in the gym :        

 or this                         

then you're not doing your cardio AT ALL. Most of the time you'll see one or two people slacking in the gym because they have no idea what they are doing there in the first place! As I mentioned before, to reduce the time u spend exercising means to reduce your rest time as well. Meaning, you won't have the time to read let alone the breathe to speak. That is a real workout.

Coming back to my cardio Dos, there is only one method that will boost your fat burning machine. And the magic word is HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training). With this training, you will only need 15 to 20 minutes on a treadmill, or cycle. Seriously, you don't need to waste 30 minutes to an hour running unless you are training for a marathon.

Now there are only two methods to perform the HIIT:

1. Run/cycle on speed 6/6.5 (or level of intensity for cycling) for a minute and half then sprint say on speed 12 for a minute then repeat. ( adjust the speed according to your limit, go slow if you are a beginner)

    2.  Walk on an incline on 3-5% gradient on a low speed for a minute, then
         decrease the gradient and increase the speed for another 1.5 minute

         (as for the cycle, adjust the level of intensity)

*** Remember to stretch before and after the cardio, to prevent injuries.