When most people think of cardio workouts at home, they only typically imagine treadmills or exercise bikes. In reality getting in shape or exercising to lose weight, cardio workouts are anything that increases your heart rate!
The major news is that you can fairly easily get in to shape without having to go to a gym or health club as cardio workouts at home can be easy as skipping or running up and down the stairs.
Of course it can be more challenging to get in shape without a gym, but there are so many different possibilities for cardio workouts that once you start looking around you'll realize that you are in reality spoiled for choice.
One significant factor to home cardio workouts in general is to recognize that several short sessions are as potent as one long one. So rather than spending 40 minutes on the cross trainer at the gym, you could mix and match from the options below throughout the day to accomplish the same effect.
Indeed, on a regular basis changing between different forms of exercise workouts will actually have several benefits, including: Better overall fitness, Fewer injuries, More interesting
So what are the options if you don't belong to a gym or health club? There's a complete range of options - but you will have to look at our other articles to discover some of the more enlightening ways to get that toned and trim body you wish.
Whether you are looking to exercise at the gym or at home, there is a growing body of research showing that the right music can have a positive impact on sport and exercise performance. You can incorporate this into your fitness regime fairly easily.
Music can aid performance in sport and exercise in four different ways:
Dissociation: This is a technique which many marathon runners and tri-athletes use in endurance races - a stimulus (in this case, music) draws your focus away from the activity, and thus diverts attention away from sensations such as fatigue.
Arousal levels: Music can be used before or after an event to either stimulate (psych-up) or calm an individual.
Movement: Music that is synchronized to the activity increases the ability to keep going when you are tired.
Rhythm: Music which emulates patterns of physical skills can enhance both the acquisition of motor skills and create a better learning environment. Examples of this are gymnastics and swimming.
Of course, you have to select the right music. This involves choosing music that inspires you. The ideal choice will have rhythmic qualities that match the activity at hand, and a tempo that matches your heart-rate.
It should also be something that makes you feel good and puts a smile on your face, a spring in your step. If there are inspirational lyrics or associations with a film or TV show that make you feel good, the all well and good.
Other considerations include diverseness in the music, to preserve interest, and volume, you need to hear the music above whatever background noise is present.
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