Give your routine

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of cardio

BY NANCY COLE naneyfitness@aol.eom

You've heard the dreaded man tra: It takes. cardio, cardio, cardia. to lose fat.

Incorporate it into your strength training and you'll break up the boredom and blast extra calories.

Adding small bursts of cardio here and there will add a jolt to your routine;'lncrease your endur ance level and and improve your athletic performance. It'll help you shed pounds, too.

Choose whatever cardio inter vals you like. Jumping rope, jump ing lunges, jump squats, jumping jacks, runn!ng in place - if your. knees can handle the pounding. Or, be creative. Place a hoola hoop on the floor, stand outside its circle and jump laterally into it and out of it.

Start your training' session with three minutes of cardio followed by three resistance exercises back to back without rest. You may want to choose a lower body exercise fol-

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POWeR LUNGE: Nancy Cole keeps her feet on the ground before leaping into a jumping lunge.

lowed by an upper body exercise and finally an abdominal exercise. Then, rest briefly only if necessary. Try another cardio burst for three minutes and three other resistance exercises. Continue this cycle for' forty-five minutes to an hour.

If possible, wear a heart rate monitor and tailor the routine to fit your level of fitness, put make sure you to challenge yourself. You

should sweat and feel sufficiently fatigued at the end of the session. It should be a heart-pounding work out that leaves you feeling really worked.

Make sure to warm up before beginning the workout and stretch sufficiently once you've completed it. -

Ready! Sweat! Go!

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