What exercises get your heart rate up most?

closet_fatty
closet_fatty Posts: 109
in Fitness and Exercise
Need something to add to my alternate days. (:

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  • rolliepollie087
    rolliepollie087 Posts: 251 Member
    Swimming! If you don't already.
  • SFalconStorm
    SFalconStorm Posts: 77 Member
    Roller skating! It's almost as good as running and so much fun!

    Dancing too! Just pop some music in and move to the beat.
  • camelotss
    camelotss Posts: 55
    The stair master....I can burn twice as many calories in half the time as the elliptical. But it's soooo hard for me to do more than 15 min.
  • rbberinger
    rbberinger Posts: 3
    If you or someone you know has access to p90x I love doing one of their cardio workouts. Something like core synergestics or kenpo x...but really any activity that you do that can get your heart rate elevated, 175ish for an extended period of time is great.
  • HerBravado
    HerBravado Posts: 392 Member
    Kickboxing & dancing. <3
  • healthyJenn0915
    healthyJenn0915 Posts: 185 Member
    Kickboxing, spin classes, Insanity! Pretty much any kind of cardio should get you going good!
  • DOElston
    DOElston Posts: 102
    I love Zumba but Step Aerobics really kicks butt.
  • joehempel
    joehempel Posts: 1,543 Member
    anything with up and downs and jumping.
  • kfox15
    kfox15 Posts: 97 Member
    HIIT (high intensity interval training) I do 1 minute hard and 2 minutes of recovery and go for 15-20 minutes. My recovery is walking at 4mph 1% incline, my hard is 9 mph at 4-6% incline. The nice thing is that these workouts are short but they SHRED calories like none other. Also, similar to wieght lifitng, your metabolism stays reved up for much longer after you finish your workout than with traditional steady state cardio.
  • BlackRangerX
    BlackRangerX Posts: 133 Member
    playing with the mushroom tip!:laugh:
  • 0RESET0
    0RESET0 Posts: 128
    Barbell full squats over 180 lbs. Lower than that and I barely notice an increase in HR.
  • KareninCanada
    KareninCanada Posts: 961 Member
    Hiking uphill in the snow with boots on... sets of 30 lunges holding 20-lb dumb bells... both of those get me up to 170 bpm
  • addykins1
    addykins1 Posts: 16 Member
    skipping
  • spottedlee
    spottedlee Posts: 372
    not exercise but,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, watch scary movies.. that should raise heart rate, hence burnt calories!
  • lorenzoinlr
    lorenzoinlr Posts: 338 Member
    Stairs. Actually there's a set of 225 very steep stairs that go from Pacific Coast Highway to the sand in South Laguna Beach known as 1,000 Steps. I can get my heart rate as high as I like there with not alot of effort and meet plenty of people doing the same thing.

    One of my favorite places to exercise.
  • CalJur
    CalJur Posts: 627 Member
    male/female grown folk relations :-)
  • mrsweigl
    mrsweigl Posts: 198 Member
    jump roping!
  • Superbritt2drescu
    Superbritt2drescu Posts: 273 Member
    Spin, definitely spin.
  • kendf60
    kendf60 Posts: 234 Member
    I second the stairmaster, and spinning gets my heart going too.
  • hedgiie
    hedgiie Posts: 1,226 Member
    burpees and plyos
  • closet_fatty
    closet_fatty Posts: 109
    What about things you can do at home? (Poor as dirt)
  • anda2oo5
    anda2oo5 Posts: 77
    Insanity & Kickboxing :)
  • penney88
    penney88 Posts: 32 Member
    Just Dance 3 on wii!!! Loads of fun
  • iwannablean
    iwannablean Posts: 28 Member
    Climbing the stairs non stop for more than 6 minutes! That's my fall back work out! Climbing the 9 floors at my workplace, twice, or in the building where I live, for 15 mins. I dunno if I really burn many calories, but I feel like I would die panting if I do it for more than 15 minutes! :P
  • ejoy319
    ejoy319 Posts: 104
    jump roping!

    Yep jumping rope... cheep and gets ur heart pumping!!
  • Abbdul
    Abbdul Posts: 103 Member
    try M100 someday
  • Beautifulbridgittlee7
    Beautifulbridgittlee7 Posts: 352 Member
    jump rope, rowing, sin, biking, zumba, kickboxing, skating, hiking up hills
  • SKME2013
    SKME2013 Posts: 704 Member
    Running
  • tlicttbh
    tlicttbh Posts: 89
    At gym: TRX suspension training plank crunches.

    At home: Kickboxing or dancing to something like Saturday Night Fever.
  • wimpywrx
    wimpywrx Posts: 103 Member
    Walk with Lesley at home is really good gets the HR up and sometimes keeps it up there.

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