People tell Beth and I all the time....
"it would be easy for me to stay in great shape like you guys if I worked out as much as you do".
Wow... just how much time do we spend working out?!?
Common mis-understaning here. We work out WAY LESS than most of our gym-going friends but we do train with a lot more INTENSITY. As a matter-of-fact we train the same way we do our Boot Camps... go 110% hard 3 times a week and just stay active the rest of the time.
On Saturday we stopped by Crabtree at 4:45 PM on Saturday on our way up to the condo thinking it closed at 6 PM. Turns out it closed at 5 PM. So we decided we would do just do cardio on the beach for 30 minutes or so.
Now for most of our friends it seems that 30 minutes of cardio is just that... 30 minutes of steady walking, running, biking, etc.
Here's what we did:
Spring 1 minute / Walk 1 minute x 6 = 12 minutes
Sprint 45 seconds / Walk 75 seconds x 6 = 12 minutes
Sprint 30 seconds / Walk 90 seconds x 6 = 12 minutes
Total workout time of 36 minutes. One serious fat-burning interval workout. On the beach. No equipment needed... I didn't even wear shoes.
So much better than going round and round on the treadmill at the gym for half an hour or more. Not only was this outdoors on the beach from an exercise physiology standpoint the benefits are so much more.
Remember, it is not how long you train it is how hard you train that gets you results.
Really, who wants to spend all of their time in the gym? We want to be fit so we can really LIVE outside of the gym!
Fit Coach Phil
Beach Bodz Fitness
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