Workout Fast With Cardio Strength Training
We don’t always have time for a full workout. Sometimes life gets in the way and exercise can take a back seat. But just because we don’t have time to do normal length workout, doesn’t mean you can’t spare 15 or 20 minutes.
Cardio Strength Training is a great way to build your strength and cardiovascular fitness in a limited time. It gives you bang for your buck when you are pressed for time as you can get the best of both worlds in terms of training your fitness.
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Cardio Strength Training
Basically Cardio Strength Training is where you do strength exercises back to back, usually in a circuit, using slightly lighter weights than normal. You will have minimal rest periods between exercises so you keep your heart rate up for the duration of the circuit. This way you are working on both your strength and cardio at the same time.
Below is a cardio strength training workout you can try if you need to get in a fast workout.
The workout consists of 5 exercises to give you a total body workout…
- a pushing exercise
- a pulling exercises
- a quad dominant exercise
- a glute/hamstring dominant exercise
- and a core exercise
You should include an exercises from each of those categories to make sure you are keeping things in balance and working out all of the major muscle groups.
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Workout Instructions
- Make sure you do several minutes of bodyweight exercises to warmup first
- Complete 45 seconds of each exercise, followed by 15 seconds rest between exercises
- Complete 3 rounds of the circuit for a total of 15 minutes.
- Stretch to finish.
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Exercise #1 – Bodyweight Squat Jump
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Exercise #2 – T Pushup
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Exercise #3 – Swiss Ball Leg Curl
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Exercise #4 – Alternating Dumbbell Row
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Exercise #5 – Swiss Ball Jackknife
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Cardio strength training is a great way to get fit fast. Although splitting up your workouts into separate strength and cardio will still give you the best results overall, if you are pressed for time, I would recommend having a go at a cardio strength training routine.
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