A Look At A Customized Cardio Program
3 min readA Look At A Customized Cardio Program
The benefits of exercise are enormous and one of the best types of exercises you can do is cardiovascular training. This type of training is excellent for your heart health and will help to reduce your risk of cardiovascular diseases. As a result, it is highly recommended that you do a customized cardio program so that you can get all the benefits of this type of exercise within a specific time frame.
Now, in order to get a cardio program, you will need to get a certified personal trainer. It is very easy to find a good trainer by searching online or you can simply hire one from your local gym. A good trainer will assess your current fitness levels and then create a cardio program based on them as well as your needs. For example, if you are not fit at all, then they may start you off on a program where you simply walk on a treadmill for 30 minutes per day. They will then slowly increase the time or intensity over time so that your fitness level improves.
Once you are a bit fitter, then they may move onto more challenging exercises. This can include doing a specific sport such as swimming if you need an exercise that is easy on your joints. Other good alternatives include jogging, running, playing tennis or basketball etc. They can also create programs where you use the cardio machines in the gym such as the stair stepper, elliptical machine, rowing machine, stationary bike etc. They will likely get you started on a low setting where they gradually increase over time. You will have to start using these machines for 10 to 15 minutes and then slowly increase to 45 minutes to an hour.
Another excellent type of cardio exercise is HIIT or high intensity interval training. This type of exercise allows you get a fantastic workout in a short space of time. It also burns a lot of calories and is extremely effective when it comes to improving your cardiovascular health. HIIT training will only take between 10 – 40 minutes long, so it is fantastic for extremely busy people. You will need to choose a particular high intensity exercise or group of exercises where you basically do them in intervals. You will do the exercise at your highest intensity for 10 – 40 seconds followed by 10 – 30 seconds of rest. After the rest period, you will do another set of the exercise, followed by rest and repeat until the time is up. So, for example, if you’re using the rowing machine, you can do 30 seconds of very intensive rowing followed by 30 seconds of rest and repeat. If you don’t want to do one type of exercise, you can mix them up and do one set of jumping jacks, then rowing, then skipping rope, then high knees etc.
In closing, we have just looked at a customized cardio program that your personal trainer may place you on. Of course these are just examples and there are many more possible plans. So, be sure to do your research and get a good trainer who can create the best cardio program for your needs.
