Cardiovascular fitness without running?
“Cardiovascular fitness refers to the ability of your heart, lungs and organs to consume, transport and utilize oxygen. The maximum volume of oxygen your body can consume and use is your VO2 Max. When you exercise regularly, you can increase your cardiovascular fitness as your heart becomes more efficient at pumping blood and oxygen to the body, and the body becomes more efficient at using that oxygen.”
Important components of cardiovascular fitness include increasing the heart rate and upping the body’s need for oxygen. Nothing earth shattering there. The challenge is make cardio enjoyable - the more enjoyable it is, the more likely the person is to stick to it. Some people love running, and that’s great, keep it up! It works great.
For others, there are other methods to get your cardio in without pounding the pavement. Due to a swollen knee as a result of Saturday’s football game, and starting to cut some bad weight, I’m going to have to get to these other methods. I was hoping to insert a cool odd object style cardio workout, but I couldn’t find any on YouTube, I’ll have to film one up!
Fingertip pushup to hub lift renegade row….that’s just crazy….crazy awesome!
Here is today’s finisher cardio rounds:
- Push ups x 30 seconds.
- Straight bar press x 30 seconds (light weight and fast).
- Band rows x 30 seconds.
- Overhead med ball slams X 30 seconds.
5 Rounds, each movement as quickly as possible.
