Alternating workout:

How's that treadmill working out for you?  Do you find that running for thirty to sixty minutes 5 days a week isn't doing much for you anymore?  How about that strength training for thirty to sixty minutes 5 days a week?  Is that getting redundant?  Or how about those of you who do cardio three days and do strength training two days?  How many of you do any of these workouts and are finding you are at a plateau? 

Let's do this.  Do a thirty minute workout alternating strength training and cardio every 90-seconds.  Start with a strength training exercise, like the chest-press machine.  Put it on a weight resistance that you can do for 90-seconds straight.  Then, go to the treadmill and walk/run for 90-seconds straight.  Then, go to a lat pulldown machine and perform that exercise for 90-seconds.  Then, go to a bicycle for 90-seconds.  Here is an example continuing this thirty minute alternating workout:

1. chest-press machine: 90-sec
2. treadmill walk/run: 90-sec
3. lat pulldown machine:  90-sec
4. upright bike:  90-sec
5. shoulder press machine:  90-sec
6. recumbent bike:  90-sec
7. leg press machine:  90-sec
8. elliptical:  90-sec
9. chest-fly machine:  90-sec
10. stair stepper:  90-sec
11. leg extension machine:  90-sec
12. recumbent bike:  90-sec
13. abdominal crunches:  90-sec
14. elliptical:  90-sec
15. biceps curl machine:  90-sec
16. treadmill run:  90-sec
17. triceps extension machine:  90-sec
18. stair stepper:  90-sec
19. oblique crunches:  90-sec
20. upright bike:  90-sec

If you do the math, that will take exactly 30-minutes.  Give this workout a try.  The more you do it, the longer you can go.  Eventually add fifteen minutes to this workout.  Hopefully this changes up your routine and jumpstarts you to get better results.

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