Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Snowy Day Fun!

Early this morning, a snow storm hit Maryland, and when by the time I woke up for work, the ground was already covered. I called my boss and let her know that I would not be able to come in, as my neighborhood generally does not plow (odd) and I was not risking it.


SNOOW!
So, you know what that means: SNOW DAY! I went back to sleep for a few hours and woke up ready for a workout. Since I obviously could not venture to the gym for my normal workout, I found an awesome indoor cardio workout I found from Pinterest.


Simple At Home Cardio- A 30 minute HIIT style routine!
Classes have been extra busy recently and I just didn’t have the time to get myself down to the gym tonight so instead I did this! It definitely worked up a sweat and got my heart racing (the first 5 minutes are deceptively easy!) without having to leave my dorm room. It’s great for days like this when you’re really short on time, days when the weather is just too awful to go outside or even days when you feel like staying home and working out to a TV show or movie.
You can change around the interval movements for whatever you like: do more of the harder intervals like burpees and jumping jacks for a harder workout or more of the less difficult intervals like high knees and jumping rope for a less intense workout.
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This was the perfect indoor cardio workout! Usually, at home cardio workouts are either way too hard (100 burpees followed by 50 tuck jumps) or not enough to make me sweat. This one was juuuust right! I highly recommend it. 

Oh! And I got to use my brand new Polar FT4 heart rate monitor and I am obsessed!! It worked so well! The strap never once came loose and it tracked my heart rate for the whole 30 minutes! 

After my workout, I threw together a quick lunch because I was STARVING! Today's lunch consitsed of a turkey, lettuce, onion, and mustard sandwich on a whole grain Arnold's sandwich thin, a cut up red bell pepper. and some almonds. I wolfed it down! Such an easy and delicious meal!

Back soon with an AWESOME recipe to share!!


How do YOU exercise at home? 

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