| Cardio is a very important aspect of any work out. | | | | great and fun idea. No more boring cardio! Think |
| There are numerous benefits to a good cardio | | | | about it and it becomes a little terrifying. The sheer |
| routine. In the real world, there are many ways to | | | | amount of stimuli hitting you from all angles, your |
| get a good cardio workout. You can jog, play sports | | | | mind would exhaust quickly and you would run the |
| and get chased by the police. In the gym cardio | | | | risk of injury (not to mention getting overwhelmed). |
| usually revolves around a handful of machines. There | | | | That is why cardio machines are so boring. They |
| are the stair climbers or steppers, the elliptical | | | | design them to be boring so you don't hurt yourself. |
| trainers, tread mills, and bicycles. That's about it. A | | | | So when you climb up onto your favorite elliptical |
| good cardio routine can last anywhere from 20 | | | | trainer, remember that its boring for a reason. |
| minutes to an hour and is really intensive. The | | | | What can we do to make cardio more fun? Being |
| problem is that when you are on a cardio machine, | | | | new to the world of the gym I think I have some |
| you do the same thing over and over. What I am | | | | neat ideas to make cardio a more exciting activity. |
| trying to say is that for most of us cardio gets | | | | Ok that's a lie. I don't have any way to make cardio |
| boring after about five minutes. Don't lie, you know | | | | more exciting, but I do think there are some |
| what I am talking about. The best I have every | | | | techniques to make the cardio experience pass more |
| heard about cardio is ‘I don't mind it.' In other | | | | quickly, which, when you think about it, is the next |
| words, I get really bored, but I will keep doing it | | | | best thing. I really try to distance my mind from my |
| cause it works. | | | | body. I try to unplug. I daydream, listen to loud music |
| Being bored is horrible. Being Bored is even worse | | | | and think about my shopping list. For a whole week I |
| when you know you have another 25 min left and | | | | designed a basement apartment for my house. It |
| the seconds crawl by like eons. So what gives. Why | | | | was quite the undertaking. Really focus on not |
| does cardio have to be so boring? I think it's a | | | | thinking about time. Cover up the timer, know where |
| safety issue. In the real world if you go running or | | | | the near by clocks are and avoid looking at them. Do |
| play soccer for example, you environment and all its | | | | what ever it takes to detach your self from the |
| inputs are constantly changing; you run by different | | | | realm of the here and now. Remove yourself from |
| scenery, you miss the shot on goal. These changing | | | | our world governed by the second hand. Slip into |
| characteristics are what make the whole process fun. | | | | recesses of your mind and tune out. While the cardio |
| In the gym, however, since space is limited, you | | | | won't go away at least you can distract yourself. |
| have to do your cardio rooted to one spot. Very | | | | Cardio machines make cardio boring and boring cardio |
| little happens to your environment to elevate the | | | | is hard to stick with. Take comfort in knowing that |
| boredom. Imagine though, if you could have all the | | | | your body loves the attention of a good cardio |
| excitement of a soccer game while sitting on a | | | | workout. |
| recumbent health cycle? At first you may think it's a | | | | |