Are you bored with your regular cardio routine, are you confused what workout you should be doing first whether it should be cardio or strength training, well you donʼt necessarily have to separate cardio and strength training, they can be incorporated into one workout. Cardio generally works the heart and lungs, and develops their endurance. Strength training develops the muscles.

Most of the general population think that cardio workouts have to be either done on a treadmill, running outside, use of a stationary bike, cycling, spinning or swimming just to name a few. What the general population fail to realize is that you can also get your heart rate up by doing strength training. Cardio with weights can actually get the heart rate up as well and it also saves time if youʼre running short on time.

Being a personal trainer I like to incorporate “weighted cardio” into my clientʼs routine, which involves getting a good cardio workout using standard weight training techniques. To make this work, you should use weight sets that are relatively long, such as 25 reps per set. You should either rest for no more than 10 to 20 seconds or no rest at all to keep the heart rate elevated. Choose strength training exercises that involve as many muscle groups of possible, such as squats, lunges or push-ups, and are relatively intense.

I also like to use this type of training especially if the client is seeing me a couple of times a week as it spices up their program and weʼre not constantly doing the same routine each session. I also find this type of training is good for the individual who doesnʼt have any cardio equipment in there house.

Next time you workout gives this a try and let us know what you think?