Cardiovascular exercise…..people either love it or hate it! I’m sure by now you’ve heard that cardio alone is not the answer to reaching your fitness goals. It is important to add a strength and flexibility component too. Although, cardio and physical activity in general have many health benefits, but they have even more when you “mix it up”!
Changing up your activities can help to get you over that plateau, improve your mood, prevent boredom, fight against high blood pressure and cholesterol, and increase your energy levels. You don’t always need to be on a cardio machine for an extended period of time to get a good cardio workout.
Try some of these cardio exercises in short intervals to get a great 30 minute workout, rest for about 10 seconds in between if need be. Check out the demonstration video links for each set and get to your corporate wellness center to try them out.
- Squat Jacks – 30 seconds
- Lateral Squat Hops – 30 seconds
- Plank Hop Overs – 30 seconds
- Traveling Burpies – 1 minute
- Rest – 1 minute
- Hop Throughs – 30 seconds
- Skater Lunges – 1 minute
- Bottom Down Hops – 30 seconds
- Rest – 1 minute
- Twist Box Jumps – 30 seconds each side
- Gliding Discs Mountain Climbers – 30 seconds
- Gliding Discs Floor Jacks – 30 seconds
- Repeat (work your way up to repeating 2 – 3 times for added intensity)
*Don’t have access to gliding discs? Use paper plates or towels.