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I am a personal trainer originally from Chicago. I have been living in sunny Florida for about 11 years now. Here is where I found my career. The best part of my job is seeing someone grow in confidence, pride and strength. I am truly blessed to have my job. I hope I can help influence others to gain a happier, healthier life through this blog. I hope everyone enjoys!!

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Exercise: 12 Min of Pure Cardio

This is a super workout packed in an itty bitty 12 minutes. I left you a short video of what I looked like afterwards just to show you how winded I was and how hard you should be working. Anyone can fit 12 minutes into their day, 12 minutes is literally over before you even realize what happened, Michael Jackson's Thriller video was shorter than 12 minutes! ;)

Use your interval timer or you can use http://www.beach-fitness.com/tabata/. Set the rounds at 6, then the "on" as 20 seconds, the "off" as 20 seconds. This particular interval timer will stop before the very last 20 seconds due to it being in the "off" portion, try to finish the very last 20 seconds by estimating ;).
First here is the post workout video:

Here is the order of the exercises, the video will explain further and give you some modifications. Remember to do this at your MAX, go as fast as possible and keep good form. Do your very best, this workout is for you, but be safe. This is a lot harder than it looks, if you feel dizzy or any pain please stop.

The first interval is:
Jumping Jack Squats 20 seconds
Monkey Pushup, Jump & Regular Pushup 20 seconds
for 6 rounds or 4 minutes

Quick Break

The next interval is:
Pendulum 20 seconds
High Knees 20 seconds
for 6 rounds or 4 minutes

Quick Break

Last interval:
Flying Jumping Lunges 20 seconds
Mountain Climbers 20 seconds
for 6 rounds or 4 minutes



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