21 Day Fix: Cardio Fix

After several days of toning with the 21 Day Fix, I was excited to see what kind of cardio Autumn Calabrese had in store for me. Today was my "Cardio Fix". Similar to the previous workouts (minus the Pilates Fix), this half-hour workout has 4 rounds of two workouts each for one minute (repeated), with 20 seconds of rest in between. She starts you off with her usual 3 minutes of warm-up, followed by these cardio rounds... after just one set of the first round, I felt totally winded. It was a challenge for me as I've just been getting back into my workouts in the past month. Of course, there are modifications that can be made, but I wanted to push myself and keep going.

The first two rounds were serious cardio exercises. In the third and fourth round, she does give you more of a recovery with one lighter (not easier) move followed by one heavier cardio move. By that I mean it's not going to wind you as much for that one move, but she will follow it with a butt kicking... which in one of these cases is a minute of burpees (yes, you read that right... and don't forget, you get to REPEAT the round, so TWO minutes of burpees!!)

And in true 21 Day Fix fashion, you get a bonus workout at the end that will make sure you feel like you worked your butt off. I got a great calorie burn doing this workout (with a few breaks doing some of the moves since I couldn't power through as much as I would have hoped just yet). 242 calories in 32 minutes. I have a feeling that the next workout, "Dirty 30", is going to be even more intense than this one. But that excites me because I know in another week or two, I'm not going to need to take the breaks I had to take today, and that is going to feel awesome!

'til next time!

~ Aly



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