Which activity to add to my routine?
Question:
I currently:
go to the gym 5x a week and have an excellent weight lifting/cardio plan down.
walk 3-4miles a day, 4x a week
ride my bicycle 5miles a day, 3x a week
I was thinking of the following:
-swimming classes/lessons (want to learn, but dont know cost)
-martial arts (Mui Thai but $120/mo is expensive)
-roller blading (is it any fun?)
-boxing gym (again, very expensive)
PS - I am losing weight on target for my plans, this is not asking how to lose weight but what I can do for fun that also burns a lot of calories all the while not breaking your bank.. let me know. I feel a slight boredom arising from my current activities.
Answers:
Try anything new that appeals to you. The key is to change it up a bit so you don't get bored and so that your muscles don't get used to the same exercise over and over.
definetly swimming
Why don't you try hiking on the weekend or something outside of the gym? It it good for you both mentally and physically.
I love indoor spin classes. Burn lots of calories and with the right teacher is a lot of fun. I've read a lot on cross training lately stating that if you do indoor cardio that you should split each session between 2 or 3 machines and will see a difference. I am trying this week so I don't know if it works yet or not. Also some information out there that resting between each period of 20-30 minutes for 5-10 minutes before next session boosts fat burning and metabolism rate.
Skipping very effective at burning lots of calories and costs nothing you can do it anywhere. Great cardiovascular exercise. I also do a step routine at the gym for about 25 minutes with an aerobic step, play some good loud music and do it to the beat. I love it too great calorie and fat burner.
best of luck. Keep up the hard work!
Swimming and rollerblading are my choices.
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