I have been playing with a heart rate monitor and trying to maximize my cardio workouts.\u00c2\u00a0 Today I decided to do a little warm up and then do 2 minute intervals alternating walking and running.\u00c2\u00a0 The goal was to do this 20 times.\u00c2\u00a0 I have been working on my cardio endurance but I am bored easily and am not a runner.\u00c2\u00a0 I thought this would give my heart a good workout and really allow me to compete with myself.\u00c2\u00a0 This workout rocked!\u00c2\u00a0 I felt so good the whole time.\u00c2\u00a0 I was jamming to Liz Phair on the ipod and really feeling “Extraordinary” and powerful.\u00c2\u00a0 I covered a total of 56 blocks, yes, they may be small but still I counted them!\u00c2\u00a0 Total workout time was 50 minutes, my heart rate was at the optimal rate during every run and the timer on the watch\/monitor worked great.\u00c2\u00a0 If you are looking to mix it up – I give this a thumbs up and its versatile so you can do it in the gym or outside.\u00c2\u00a0 Get to it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I have been playing with a heart rate monitor and trying to maximize my cardio workouts.\u00c2\u00a0 Today I decided to do a little warm up and then do 2 minute intervals alternating walking and running.\u00c2\u00a0 The goal was to do this 20 times.\u00c2\u00a0 I have been working on my cardio […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t