Easy Cardio Exercises
These Are the 5 Absolute Easiest Yet Effective Ways to Get In Your Cardio
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By now, you're probably realizing that how you do your cardio matters a whole lot more than what you do for your cardio. This version is no exception to the rule and boasts the benefits of cardio and resistance training — your classic BOGO.
Konforti's Trainer Tip: The reason your heart rate increases when you work out is because your muscles need to get more oxygen. When you work out just one muscle group, it's a lot easier for your heart to get the oxygen there. When it has to get oxygen-filled blood to more muscles, it has to work harder. By combining an upper-body exercise, like an overhead press, with a lower-body exercise, like lunges, it takes more effort for your heart to get the blood there.
For our purposes, that means you can get in your cardio just by alternating between two exercises that don't target the same muscles. Try out these combos completing 10-15 reps of the first move then doing the second move for 10-15 reps and repeating. Start off with three sets of each combo going for three to five total combos in your workout. Here are some options: lateral lunges with push-ups; sumo squats with dumbbell rows; deadlifts with overhead presses; reverse lunges with barbell rows; goblet squats with curl to presses.