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Cardiovascular activity plays an important role in our lives.

Numerous cardiologists have documented the benefits of exercising your cardiovascular system. However, it is very important that we start training our heart efficiently.

Is training at a high intensity the way to go? Absolutely not. We need to decide what is the most effective way of training your heart. Lately everyone is following interval training. As an ex-athlete I can guarantee that I don’t agree 100% with this method.

When I was an athlete, our trainer always used to emphasize the importance of conditioning your body before you started engaging in interval training. That’s what I recommend : First condition your body and then after at least 4 weeks of conditioning you might be able to follow interval training.

What source of energy will we be using for our routine? This involves knowing what source of energy our body uses while performing an exercise. It is not the same to be training hard (your body will use muscle protein) as training at a low and medium intensity (your body will use fatty acids).

CARDIOVASCULAR EXERCISE CAN BE DONE AT HOME WITHOUT DAMAGING YOUR JOINTS!

Many people think that to exercise your cardiovascular system they need a gym or a treadmill. Think again. If the goal with the cardiovascular exercise is to raise your heart and exercise your cardiovascular system you can do this at home. Now you would be asking how can I do that: very simple: raise the opposite arm and leg at the same time like in the picture: (Remember: left side of the brain controls the right side of the body)

You can do few set of 20 repetitions until you fell that your heart rate is working and guess what: you will not be impacting your joints like in the picture.

Stay tuned for more exercises to do at home!