Break out of the gym and into the beautiful weather with these five high-intensity, fat-burning cardio workouts.
We spend more than half the year waiting for sweet summer to arrive. Then when it does, we persist in trudging to the the stale, dank confines of the gym to do cardio on the same old machines we labored on over the endless frigid months. Nothing against treadmills, but it’s time to kiss them goodbye (well, not literally — yuck).
The following five expert-designed workouts will free you from the gym without compromising your fitness-building, fatburning efforts. Go outside and try them today because as we learn all too quickly each year — summer is fleeting while winter is (seemingly) forever.
1 | SPRINTS
This on-the-oval regimen is the go-to of Samantha Clayton, vice president of Worldwide Sports Performance and Fitness for Herbalife and a former Olympic track athlete. “Think of sprinting as the weightlifting of the running world,” says Clayton, who competed at the 2000 Olympic Games in the 200 meter and 4x100 meter relay events for Great Britain. “It’s high intensity and high impact and promotes muscular growth — especially in the posterior-chain muscles like the glutes and hamstrings.”
THE WORKOUT
WARM-UP
Jog two laps (800 meters).*
PRE-SPRINT WORKOUT
- Do the following moves in order for 30 seconds each. Complete three rounds.
- Walking Lunge
- Running With High Knees
- Side Step
- Butt Kicks
- Skipping
SPRINT WORKOUT
Repeat the below sequence eight times through.
Sprint 100 meters (on the straightaways) Walk 100 meters (on the curves)
COOL-DOWN
Walk two laps (800 meters).
This story is from the July - August 2019 edition of Oxygen.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber ? Sign In
This story is from the July - August 2019 edition of Oxygen.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
Work Hard. Be Nice To People.
This is the mantra of trainer and social media mogul Claire P. Thomas. And as we found out, it suits her to a tee.
The Power Of Suggestion
Though the media makes it out to be voodoo, hypnosis may be your secret sauce for success.
Test Your Fitness Levels
Exactly how fit are you? How do you measure up? Find out with these next-level self-trials from Autumn Calabrese, Beachbody trainer and author of Lose Weight Like Crazy Even If You Have a Crazy Life (Galvanized Media, 2020).
Ankle weights
Does this ‘80s staple still have a place in modern workouts? Our experts weigh in.
THE POWER CLEAN (Discover this dirty little secret for better functional fitness.)
OLYMPIC LIFTS ARE A VALUABLE TOOL FOR IMPROVING STRENGTH and athletic performance — and as a side bonus, they also help develop crazy-good muscle shape, size, and definition. In fact, one could argue that the power-clean portion of the clean-and-jerk is the best exercise ever devised. “The clean is a functional movement used [routinely] in everyday activities,” says Aaron Viscounte, CSCS, head coach and manager at Summer’s Fitness Inc. in North Canton, Ohio. “We use aspects of the clean to pick up a box and put it on a shelf, move furniture or even go grocery shopping.” During a power clean, the barbell travels from the floor to the “racked” position at shoulder level and back down again. We tapped some elite trainers for their step-by-step expert advice on making the most of every rep.
The science of happıness
WHY DOES A GOOD WORKOUT MAKE YOU FEEL SO MUCH HAPPIER? TURNS OUT, IT HAS AS MUCH TO DO WITH YOUR HEAD AS WITH YOUR BODY.
THE [ABCs] OF GREAT GLUTES
Improve athletic performance and perfect your posterior aesthetic with these 18 awesome exercises.
Three's the charm
After the birth of her third daughter, Lindsay Raynne vowed to get healthy.
Keep your head in the game
Adding a few targeted ingredients to your otherwise healthy lifestyle is a yes-brainer when it comes to maintaining your mind.
Recovery Discovery
The fitness space is flooded with products, potions and protocols promising to optimize your recovery from training. See what science has to say about some of the most popular applications.