I have been diving into cardiovascular training again and wanted to go deeper in this blog compared to my last cardio blog, CARDIO FOR HEART HEALTH, NOT FAT LOSS. There are many forms of cardio with LISS and HIIT being one of the most popular. LISS stands for Low-Intensity Steady State cardio and HIIT stands for High-Intensity Interval Training. There is a big difference between these two modalities, the biggest…
Cardio sucks. Sorry to all the cardio bunnies out there who love it, but seriously cardio sucks. I know others feel the same way about it, and like them I used to believe cardio was this activity you did to get your heart rate up, breathing heavily, dripping sweat, and looking at your time to see if you are done. What I have come to learn is that there…
America has a movement problem. The lack of movement in Americans is one variable on why we also have an obesity problem. 43% of Americans are obese and the leading cause of death is cardiovascular disease (CVD). With obesity on the rise, it is associated with an increase of anxiety, depression, and risk of CVD related deaths. When I said we have a movement problem, it is because on…