There is absolutely no reason for you to become bored with your cardio program. With the variety of training methods whether it be long duration, HIIT, or any other form of interval training it’s never been easier to add a little spice to your cardiovascular training.

If your cardio program has become stale, I recommend that you perform the bodyweight cardio workout that Craig Ballantyne demonstrates from the Turbulence Training Program by clicking play on this video.

Turbulence Training Bodyweight Cardio

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When it comes to cardio you should never restrict yourself to one machine or a specific duration. Mixing it up is not only great for your body, but it’s great for your mind. If you are looking for some variety to spice up your cardio program, check out this video from Craig Ballantyne, the creator of the Turbulence Training Program…

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LL Cool J has one of the best physiques in the music industry. His 40 year old body puts most 20 year old physiques to shame. So how does LL Cool J achieve 6 pack abs? A large part of his training incorporates 35 minutes of cardio several times each week.

I can hear you shouting at me already, “What, long boring cardio. I don’t want to do that!” Yep, that’s the voice of a brainwashed industry that is being constantly bombarded with emails from fat loss experts preaching that long duration cardio is the devil!

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Hello! Another awesome question…

Q: What is HIIT and how can you take action with it?

A: HIIT stands for High Intensity Interval Training. An ‘interval’ is ANY span of time, such as 30 sec., 1 min., 2 min., that you choose to perform an activity within and at a certain degree of intensity (low to high).

In our book, The Fit Chic, we recommend that you perform HIIT as your cardio component a couple of times each week. If you have a bike, outdoor or stationary, you can interval every 30 seconds. So first you would begin biking for 2 min. to warm up. Then you would pick up the pace so that you are really pushing yourself for 30 seconds (go all out here!), then you slow right down for 30 seconds, then increase for the following 30 sec…then decrease for the next 30 sec…see the pattern?

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Last week I shared an article from my friend and colleague Tom Venuto about high intensity interval training versus steady state training. When Tom first shared that article with his readers it produced more emails, blog comments and web hits than any newsletter so far this year. Obviously, there is a lot of interest in cardio training and how to do it right. Sadly, most people are still doing 2 things terribly wrong and it’s killing their results…

2 Cardio Mistakes You’re Probably STILL Making

By Tom Venuto
www.BurnOffTheFat.com
www.Burn-The-Fat-InnerCircle.com

As I thought about reviewing the newest scientific study from Australia this week, or explaining the post workout “afterburn effect” (EPOC) that comes from intense forms of cardio, it dawned on me to backtrack, and ask…

“WHY are people still confused about fat burning cardio in the first place when the solution is drop dead simple, common sense and right in front of our noses?”

I thought to myself,

“if I could help remove the SOURCE of the confusion, then regardless of which cardio program you choose, every decision and action that emerges from your new understanding would be more productive right?”

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When it comes to the HIIT vs Long Duration Cardio debate, the HIIT extremists as I call them, are bombarding you with the words, ‘stop doing long boring cardio‘ and ‘long duration cardio will hurt you‘. Once again, I have to question if they have your best interests at heart. You never hear them mention that HIIT training can be harmful to people with certain body types. You also very rarely hear about the health benefits of long duration cardio. I’m going to share just one of the stories from one of my readers, as well as a very informative 14 minute interview with Kevin Gianni below. I encourage you to read on.

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There is no doubt that lack of time plays a critical role in whether or not you will ‘fit in‘ your workout or not. In today’s society most of us seem to be running around with our heads cut off. Busy is often an understatement. And once again, many fat loss marketers will play off of this and hit on all those emotions that come with having a busy lifestyle. How can anyone possibly have time to fit in a 30 minute jog into their day?

In my humble opinion, in an effort to sell their programs they are reaffirming your self limiting belief that you have no time to workout. You certainly won’t get that from me. Angie and I know what it takes to get 6 pack abs and it’s not just a few minutes a day three times per week. Even these other fat loss experts know that, they just hide it in their ‘fine print’.

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Today I would like to share a great article by my good friend and fat loss guru Tom Venuto. In Part 1 of the article series “HIIT vs Long Duration Cardio”, I talked about marketing hype and the exaggerated examples of what will happen to you if you do long boring cardio as well as the exaggerated examples of what you will look like if you do HIIT. In today’s guest article Tom shares how fat loss marketers exaggerate statistics from research studies. This is one heck of an article that you must read!

“Steady State Cardio 5 X More Effective Than HIIT????”

By Tom Venuto
www.BurnOffTheFat.com
www.Burn-The-Fat-InnerCircle.com

High Intensity Interval Training, or HIIT for short, has been promoted as one of the most effective training methods ever to come down the pike, both for fat loss and for cardiovascular fitness. One of the most popular claims for HIIT is that it burns “9 times more fat” than conventional (steady state) cardio. This figure was extracted from a study performed by Angelo Tremblay at Laval University in 1994. But what if I told you that HIIT has never been proven to be 9 times more effective than regular cardio… What if I told you that the same study actually shows that HIIT is 5 times less effective than steady state cardio??? Read on and see the proof for yourself.

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What’s better for fat loss, long duration cardio or high intensity interval training (HIIT)? Allow me to be your voice of reason throughout this article series. Today we will start with ‘Marketing Hype‘, as I believe this will shed some light on why this is such a heated debate. The mass confusion that has been generated throughout the fat loss industry is largely due to the marketing hype from people who are trying to sell you their workout program that is based on the limited research on HIIT. Their focus is on profit, rather than your best interests. Let me explain…

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