My cardio of choice is interval training; or HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training). It’s great for blasting calories… blasting a lot of calories; burning fat and keeping your muscle right where you want it. Which isn’t what I can say for the typical steady state endurance cardio which burns your muscle away to keep you going.
Just one idea… 2.5 hours of interval cardio workouts for women is equivalent to 10.5 hours of steady state (going the same speed) cardio. I don’t know about you but I have a life! I am all about the 2.5.
So here’s the interval I did yesterday that killed me…
Min 1-3 warm-up with light jog
Min 3-4 recovery speed (light running pace 4.4-6.0 on treadmill).
Min 4-5 Sprint (run as fast as possible)
Min 5-6 recovery job
Min 6-7 Sprint
Keep this pattern up until you reach 20 minutes then walk or slow jog for 5 minutes of cool down.
And trust me… you’ll sweat, your legs will ache and your abs will be sore the next day!
