Sweat, burn, tone, repeat! Burn 500 calories in 30 mins

blesliemeow
blesliemeow Posts: 13
edited September 29 in Fitness and Exercise
---Today I went to the gym and tried a new workout I found in Lifestyle magazine. If your like me, you stare at the clock and can't wait for it to say "30 mins." Especially when I use the stair-master! I listen to music, have the news on in front of me, and I still can't stand being on that machine longer than 10 minutes. Time goes by soooo slowly when working out. Let's be honest... it hurts! Heres how I made things interesting:

If you want to burn calories fast, sweat A LOT, and tone your legs, *kitten*, etc, then try this:

Treadmill: 5 min jog at 6.5 mph for warm up

Stairs: 5 min at a reasonable pace

Back to the treadmill: Jog 5 min

Stairs: 5 min

Treadmill: 5 min

Stairs: 5 min

Treadmill: jog 5 min cool down :)

Just when I would start to cramp really bad doing stairs I would switch to a nice jog to loosen back up. Repeat 3 times and you have yourself a hard but simple workout. I burned 500 calories in just 30 minutes! Changing things up every five minutes really helped me, I hope you find it helpful as well :happy:

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  • msech
    msech Posts: 32
    yeah but some of us who go to a crowed gym that wouldn't work!
  • snkeller24
    snkeller24 Posts: 459
    Sounds like a good thing to try when the gym isn't busy. I too, hate that god forsaken stair climber. =) Love-hate relationship.
  • marjen002
    marjen002 Posts: 112
    This is an awesome idea! Heck, if the gym is crowded I bet even going on the bike wouldn't be too bad.
  • coolsmartygirl
    coolsmartygirl Posts: 299 Member
    I'd love to try that out sometime, not on Monday's my gym is crazy then, but it would help make the time go by faster since you wouldn't be staring at the clock that long.
  • DBabbit
    DBabbit Posts: 173 Member
    That sounds like a great idea! Both of those are a bit difficult for me at the moment, so I started doing walking in place alternating with calf raises and knee raises. If your heart rate is up, and you're feeling the burn, you know it's working! :smile:
  • Jenlynphi
    Jenlynphi Posts: 183 Member
    I am so going to try this. Thanks!
  • DesertMermaid29
    DesertMermaid29 Posts: 181 Member
    sounds wonderful, i may have to try this.
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    might give this a try tomorrow since i was planning on doing both machines
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