CARDIO Routine - Anyone try this?

[Themachine01]

I am trying a new cardio regime starting this week. Instead of my usual 5 min walking warmup then running as long as I can, usually about 20-25 mins, then walking on an incline for another 10 mins, im gonna try something new. I will walk for 5 mins, then sprint for 5 mins, walk for another 5 mins then sprint for 5mins, do this about 3 times. anyone ever try this?

 

[gymtime]

Uh....I'm no running expert here, but uh, have you ever tried sprinting for five minutes straight?

 

[Themachine01]

im not saying a total all out sprint but get the pace up pretty high.

 

[Citruscide]

HIIT? High Intensity Intervaul Training? Or at least a form of it... mine went a bit like this

30 seconds sprint, 30 seconds job -- for 7-12 minutes. It worked like a charm... I did it for a month starting at 4 minutes, ending up at 12-13... and I honestly burned alot of fat off in that month

I might get back into it, it was very muscle sparing too...

C-ditty

 

[FatRat]

It’s called interval training and is quite common. Most cardio machines will have this type of thing in their pre-set courses. It allows you to keep at a high intensity for longer.

 

[gymtime]

im not saying a total all out sprint but get the pace up pretty high.

Even so, that's an eternity, even if not at a full sprint. Do a search on HIIT and HIT. There's a ton of information out there on this. It should be a great help.