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How to Get a Great Cardio Workout in 20 Minutes

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Summary: A 20 minute run is a great cardio workout that can be augmented through the use of light dumbbells. Get a great cardio workout in 20 minutes with tips from a certified personal trainer in this free video on home fitness.

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Jani Roberts is a graduate of the American Academy of Nutrition and owner of The Wellness Company of Dunedin. Roberts is a nationally certified personal trainer and group fitness...read more

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"Do you find it difficult to carve out any time for yourself let alone exercise? Hi my name is Jani Roberts, and I'm a nationally certified personal trainer and also a graduate of the American Academy of Nutrition. Today I'd like to share with you how you can get a great cardio work-out in twenty minutes. That's right, twenty minutes. And this will be the best and most fun cardio work-out you've had in a long time. First of all, pick something you like. For me it would be running. I'm going to plan a twenty minute run. So out I go first five minutes warming up. Now in addition I'm going to take some nice light hand weights with me, one maybe two pounds at the most. I'm going to start out with a nice even jog and again just get that warm up in for five minutes. At the end of that five minutes, I'm going to kick into my first cardio burst. Two minutes and I'm going to sprint. Now if I'm on a hill, I'm maybe I'm going to take real long powerful walk strides or my jogging tempo is going to slow down as I climb that hill. It doesn't matter. Either way I'm doing it for two minutes. At the end of that two minutes, I'm going to stop, and I'm going to do some basic lunges. Now we're going to do reverse lunges. So we're going to lunge back and forward, back and forward. This goes on for one minute. Notice I'm adding a bicep curl, and I'm making sure that my knee stays right over that heel. Again, one minute. Trust me, it's a lot of reps. OK. Then right away I'm back on the trail, back into that two minutes of running. Again maybe it's a sprint, maybe it's a slow climb. Whatever works for you. Just keep intervaling front raises, lateral raises, bicep curl standing on that interval. Whatever you want to do, keep it up for about fifteen minutes. Give yourself a three minute cool down, and you'll have an excellent twenty minute cardio program. I'm Jani Roberts. Thanks for joining."

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