At Home Cardio

Hello healthy people. I hope you all are doing great. Today I am going to share with you some of my favourite cardio workouts. In my words Cardio is anything that gets your body sweating. So if you want some tips to get your body working, read on.

1. Spot Jogging – This is the best cardio workout for beginners. All you need to do is keep your body straight and jog on the spot. Always start by jogging slowly and then gradually increase your speed. Initially lift your feet (one at a time of course) about an inch from the ground and then slowly increase the distance between your feet and ground. Move your hands as well so that this exercise gets your whole body moving.

2. Jumping Jacks – This is again full body cardio workout. Start with your feet together and arms at your side. Then take a small leap in the air, bring your legs to your side and land in this position. The only tip to avoid injury is that make sure that your feet are perfectly parallel to the ground, when you land. 

3. Skipping – This was the exercise that I hated doing when I was a kid. But now I am in love with it. You can also do the skipping action without a rope. I mean if I can do it, you can as well.

4. Knee Highs –  This exercise is just the exercise for your lower body. Stand straight and then lift your leg as high as you can. Repeat for other leg as well. This action should be performed swiftly or else t won’t be considered as a cardio. You can even move your hands because more you more, more you lose.

5. Walking – This might not burn as many calories as the other cardio exercise, but this is great if you are new to cardio or exercising in general. Half an hour of swift walk everyday gives you a lean body.

Tips to remember-

1. Always do some stretching exercises before and after doing cardio. It can be bending down to touch your toes, a side stretch or just any stretch.

2. Start by doing first 4 exercises for 30 seconds each. So, one set will be of 2 minutes.

3. After you get used to this regime, say in 2-3 days, increase the number of sets. Take 30 seconds break in between each set.

4. Do not over exert yourself. If you cannot do 4 sets at one go, its fine. Do 2 in the morning and 2 in the evening.

5. Wear comfortable clothes for cardio because you sweat a lot.

So friends here are some of the exercises that I love to do in order to get my body working. If this article inspired you to start a cardio regime, let me know in the comments. I will surely come up with a part 2 of this sans internet available pictures. Goodbye friends and I will meet you soon. Until then Keep Smiling. Please do follow my blog, like the facebook page. (https://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Happy-Girl/292903830872974?ref_type=bookmark), follow me on twitter (https://twitter.com/A_Happy_Girl2) as well as on Google Plus. If you have any suggestions or questions, please comment below.