If you’re like most people I see in the gym, you may be doing only half a workout while you’re there.
I hate to make gender-based generalizations, but I often see many men hit lots of weights/resistance machines and then take off without putting in one second of cardio time…
And ladies, I see many of you spend an hour or more on an elyptical/treadmill/stair-mill and leave without so much as looking at a dumbbell.
If you’re only doing one or the other, you’re not maximizing your calorie burn. Guys, many of you may be finding that your chest and arms are starting to pop out of your shirts, but that belly just isn’t going anywhere. And ladies you won’t be gaining any sexy toning in your arms at all, and you might find that your belly isn’t going anywhere either, and unlike most of the men you’ve also got the hips and thighs to contend with.
If weight-loss and/or toning specifically are among your goals, we need both schools of gym-thought to come together. A high-intensity blending of strength and cardio, called circuit training is just what the doctor ordered. Try this little gem of a quickie:
2-5 minute light/moderate pace on TREADMILL to warm-up
TREADMILL 30 seconds of a good, all-out running pace. RUN! It’s only 30 seconds.
Hop off the treadmill and immediately do Push-ups x 10
Repeat 3x, NO rest in between.
Rest 2 minutes.
Repeat that whole sequence 2x
I guarantee you that even the big guys that bench-press 250 lbs and ladies who jog for an hour on the treadmill will be gassed by this routine. This is just one mini-circuit, one small taste of the kinds of workouts I throw at my clients everyday.