20 Minute Aerobics--Variety Suggestions Needed

[Guest guest]

Hi All,

What type of aerobic activities does everyone do? I like variety

and am just not sure what will fit in with the HIIT plan other than

the walk/run thing. I do that or change it up with a

stairstepper/exercycle bike routine. I have a 3 year old so I can't

always do the walk/run. Any suggestions would be helpful!

Thanks,

Sheila

[Guest guest]

Hi Sheila!

I have been doing BFL lifestyle for 18 months and I am pleased with

my success. Take whatever helps from my box of ideas!

I must say I get a bit bored doing the cardio so I have thought up

the following ideas to get thru it easier:

I work out for a set time when I do a run on the treadmill(I work out

40 mins not Bills 20 mins and I don't overdo it, I can talk but not

easily)I do a 5 min walk to warm up then gradually build up the

tempo,I switch the incline level at certain minutes or drop speed

then add speed, when I have finished a whole minute. Its never the

same, I do whatever grabs me, as long as I keep " the pump " .

I had a great afternoon one day entertaining my neighbours kids

tryong out all kinds of skipping routines. WHAT A KILLER!!

Chasing a three year old is a good workout any day too. Just take to

the park and let loose! hehehe

I jog outdoors and take a skipping rope along and do on the spot

skipping (for the heavy duty cardio)

Inline skating behind a buggy - I see alot of women do that here.

I have alternated swimming (breast stroke fast) with back stroke slow)

I think Sheila the bottom line is to incorporate something in your

cardio so it won't get stale and you will enjoy it and not see it as

a task.

I set myself goals like : try and do so many miles-meters in so many

minutes, see how long I can last at a certain speed ect.

Good luck!

Bridget *S*

[Guest guest]

> Hi All,

>

> What type of aerobic activities does everyone do? I like variety

> and am just not sure what will fit in with the HIIT plan other than

> the walk/run thing. I do that or change it up with a

> stairstepper/exercycle bike routine. I have a 3 year old so I

can't

> always do the walk/run. Any suggestions would be helpful!

>

> Thanks,

>

I do workout videos for interval training for my cardio.

www.cathe.com Interval Max

and Reebok's Intense Moves are the two I usually use.

Colleen

[Guest guest]

<<If it wasn't for my MP3 player I could not do this. Thank you

SONY!!! lol.>>

Yeah, no kidding! I left without my walkman one day and it was so

depressing! Music makes it go by so much faster, and nicer!

[Guest guest]

> Hello All!

>

> I am just starting my second challenge - started

> yesterday. Last time I lost 25lbs - but put on 15

> again!

> This time I feel a lot more tentative but reading all

> your emails gives me more courage.

> Thanks

> sandy

>

Welcome! Sounds like you had good progress with your first challenge,

so I'm sure this one will be just as rewarding. And I think we all

know how easy it is to slip one day and then two and then three and

suddenly that scale jumps up higher than we want it <G>

Colleen

[Guest guest]

Right now I'm not doing the BFL 20 min thing, I teach Aqua Aerobics 3

days a week twice on Mon. and Wed. and then a 2 hour dance class on

Mon Wed. also,,,LOL.

So my mon/wed. schedule for workouts is 7am-7:50am Aqua Aerobics,

5:30pm-6:45pm Aqua Aerobics, 7pm-9pm Dance class.

So I'm gettin' aerobics aplenty nowadays!!!,,,,(don't try this at

home,,,,hehe).

But " off-semester " ??? My absolute FAVE is the stairmaster. For me

(though not all people) it's VERY easy on my poor old knees. As an

alternative I do the elliptical. For one thing, I like their

little " displays " that exactly time your minutes and your " levels, "

although on my gym's ellipticals the timing isn't exactly one minute,

so you kinda have to screw around with the setup and usually to get

one minute per level you have to have a 26 min long workout,,,but OH

well, cardio is my fave anyway.

LOL.

[Guest guest]

Great going Sandy to start right away. You don't want to be lile me and

put most of your weight back on and get into a cycle!

dawn

[Guest guest]

I have problems with running (my knee doesn't like it at all) and

generally do the aerobic thing on the rowing machine at the gym, it

seems to be about the most under-utilized piece of equipment there

for some reason, but (perhaps because I was a rower when I was at

High School) I love it! It's easy to do the differerent levels by

setting yourself different stroke rates or cal/hour goals (I move

between 450 and 1000). The other reason I go for it is because of

some obscure bit of info that I was told in science class when I was

16 - we were looking at energy expediture in different sports, and

rowing topped the list, but when it comes down to it I have no idea

how they worked that out - I presume it was average amount of energy

expended per minute while participating in various sports...anyway -

it makes you sweat, doesn't jar your joints, and gives you muscles.

When I was rowing as a teenager and someone told me girls couldn't do

chin-ups I tried and found I could do 3, over 15 years later after 12

weeks of the BFL program I found I could do them again!! My goal

after this challenge is to be able to do 5, a lot of guys might find

it amusing, but I'm sure all of you understand how this particular

goal is quite difficult for us grls.

cheers,

jo

> Hi All,

>

> What type of aerobic activities does everyone do? I like variety

> and am just not sure what will fit in with the HIIT plan other than

> the walk/run thing. I do that or change it up with a

> stairstepper/exercycle bike routine. I have a 3 year old so I

can't

> always do the walk/run. Any suggestions would be helpful!

>

> Thanks,

>

> Sheila