What is another alternative to jogging on the tredmill everyday for Cardio routine?

Question

I have two small children so leaving to go to a gym is out of the question, I work out everyday and I am getting bored with running on the tredmill..any ideas for cardio that will burn fat and build strength like running?

Answer 1

Do Each Of The Following Moves For One Mintue:

RUN IN PLACE - kick heels up to buttocks
JUMPING JACKS
HEEL DIGS - press heel out in front of you and hop to switch feet
BURPEES - standing place hands on floor and jump feet back into pushup position and then jump feet back towards hands and stand up (that completes one burpee)
SPEED SKATER - leap to the right bring left leg slightly behind you and you reach towards the floor and then leap to the left bringing right leg slightly behind while reach towards the floor
CROSS COUNTRY SKI - stand with legs together and jump up landing with right leg in front and left leg back then jump again switching feet in the air
DOWNHILL SKI - feet together jump to right and then the left and stay low in a little bit of a squat position
HIGH KNEES - run in place brining knees into the chest as much as you can
SQUAT THRUST - kinda like a burpee but when you come up jump
POWER JACKS - like a jumping jack but when your feet go wide go down into a squat and when jumping back with feet together do two hops
JUMP ROPE - real or pretend
SQUAT JUMPS - in a squat position jump up and land in squat position
QUICK FEET - standing with feet wide run in place as fast as you can (think football)
SQUAT W/ FRONT KICK - feet close together squat and come up and kick with the left then squat again and come up and kick the right and keep alternating
SHUFFLE W/ KNEE - shuffle three times to the left and on the third one lift your right knee and then shuffle three times to the right lifting your left knee on the third one

do each move one after the other with out a rest inbetween and you'll get an excellent cardio workout - If you want a longer workout walk in place 3-5 minutes and then do the whole circuit again.

Answer 2

First, stop thinking in terms of "cardio" and "weights." The best exercises do both at the same time.

Walking is always good exercise. Get rid of that treadmill and take your kids for walks with a jogging stroller. The extra pushing will burn even more calories and you'll also get fresh air (and so will the kids!). Make sure you take some hills to get some interval work.

Also, get a jump rope and do sets of 3 minutes of jumping, 1 minute of rest. Three sets of this is like 30 minutes of running... you'll also tone your arms and shoulders. As you get better, change the kind of jumping you do. Run in place while jumping, or hop on one foot, then the other. For even more of a workout, do pushups, squats, situps, etc. between the various sets of jump roping and watch the pounds melt right off while you build real strength.

Whatever you do, have fun with it! Exercise doesn't need to be as drab as running on a treadmill every day!

Answer 3

take them out running with you. Put them in a stroller and push it as you run. Not only you will increase your workload (pushing the stroller), you and the kids will get fresh air instead of the recycled air at the gym as well. They will also get stimulation they need being out and seeing the world outdoors.

Answer 4

positioned bells on your hands and ft to make a fine looking beat as you run. conceal the belt in feathers and run barefoot so it tickles. After each and every 5 miles advantages your self with some whisky. Do it jointly as donning attractive underclothes, it doesnt rely in case your a guy or a woman. additionally get a puppy hamster and positioned him in one in each and every of them spheres, and you will watch him bypass around the floor, that provides me hours of relaxing. tell me the way it is going

Answer 5

Put on some music and dance with the kids. They will love it. You can dance with weights too.

Answer 6

Walk- go for walks!