You can complement this strength workout with 20 minutes of low -
impact cardio like swimming, biking, and hiking.
Not exact matches
My workout philosophy is to combine weights or high -
cardio with a low -
impact regime
like yoga or Pilates for rest and recovery.
It combines the
cardio workout of swimming laps with the muscle - toning potential of weight lifting, but protects the joints from the high
impact and injury potential of exercises
like jogging and weight lifting.
Other
cardio - based sports,
like running and cycling, either create joint stress from high -
impact movements or focus more on the lower body.
If this workout sounds
like something you are incapable of there is a program I recommend called Visual
Impact Cardio by Rusty Moore, to get you use to training at high intensity.
Would low -
impact cardio (
like elliptical) be better?
Thus, many of them stick to
cardio and low -
impact fitness programs
like pilates and yoga.
Now over time, with my
cardio I just used to walk (I walk pretty briskly probably at least 4.7 mph if not a little faster) and then eventually I added in running up a hill near my house, and then as time went on I ended up adding more and more running into my
cardio sessions... Now the problem is is that I now feel
like I can't not do the running because I'm afraid if I don't do it I'm going to gain back weight... Thus my «walks» are more
like fast walking with running intervals in them (I probably run almost at least 40 % of them now) and I don't necessarily enjoy always feeling the NEED to run
like I absolutly have to do it - again I'm scared that if i don't it'll negativly
impact my weight / body / etc... What should I do?