week one

Hi guys! It’s our first week on our 14 week journey! Before you can start getting lean and tone you are going to need to shed some of those pesky extra pounds. The best way to do that is to do some CARDIO!!

Cardio is one of the most important things you can do for your body, whether you want to lose weight, build muscle or improve your overall health.  The great thing is, there are plenty of choices for cardio exercise.  Anything that gets your heart rate into your target heart rate zone and get you’re moving will work.  The confusing thing is, there are so many choices out there...which exercises are the most effective and will work the fastest? There's no right cardio exercise and the best choice is the one you enjoy and the one your'll work hardest at, but there are some that work best if your goal is to blast calories!!

At a minimum 20 minutes of cardio daily is need to keep a healthy body, but if you’re looking to step it up I would suggest doing 45min to an hour worth! A good way to keep you occupied and not bored with what you’re doing is to switch it up. Don’t stay on the same machine for an hour; pick four machines or high intensity activities to do for 15 min each. My cardio program for the last week has been 15 minutes running (make sure you turn up your incline) followed by 15 minutes on the elliptical (going both forward and backward work different parts of your legs and are good to do) the a little rest by doing 15 minutes on the bike and lastly finishing out strong with 15 minutes on the stair stepper. It is important to remember when you are doing this throughout the next week that time isn’t everything and you can get drastically different results if you slack just a little bit! The best way to ensure that you get the best results is to do intervals on your workouts, hitting high speeds with maximum resistance and incline for a minute or two then having a short rest period of about the same time.

Have a great week remember to drink lots of water!