CHRIS FREYTAG, CPT
This 20-minute cardio routine will get your heart pumping and help you burn calories without requiring you to lace up those running shoes.
Lift one foot and then the other to jog in place, working your legs and increasing your heart rate.
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Circle your hands like you’re swinging a jump rope and hop over it to jump rope in place.
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Imagine going down your favorite ski slope! Keep legs tight together and arms and waist turning as if you are holding ski poles.
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Lift right leg up, bending knee slightly, and kick right foot forward. Keep ankle flexed and push through your heel.
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Jump a full 180 degrees and land in a squat so that body is now facing the other side of the room. Keep eyes forward.
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Drive one knee into the chest then switch legs quickly. Continue with right, left, right, left knees “running” toward the chest.
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Open the arms and legs out to the sides. Everyone's favorite cardio move - feeling powerful and light on the toes!
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Drive knee into chest, while pulling the opposite arm overhead. Continue to switch drawing each knee into the center.
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Continue pulling knees up quickly as you can. Try to stay consistent with your pace for the full minute.
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This exercise is working your hamstrings so you should feel this in the glutes and the back of the legs as you pull the heel in.
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