February Cardio Fitness Challenge

February is Heart Health month so what better way to celebrate then to do a cardio circuit throughout the month.  I chose 3 exercises to get your heart pumping: jumping jacks, mt. climbers, and burpees.  I love them b/c they each work a different plane of your body.  Jacks are standing cardio, mt. climbers are on the floor and burpees combines the very best of both!

More women die from heart disease than any other diseases....combined.  I would love to see this stat go away in my lifetime.  We have to change our mentality.  We have to change how we eat and what we do in our free time.  We have to CHANGE OUR LIVES.  Let's decide to be PRO-active with our health and get moving now.  These moves are tough but can all be modified to be more intense or for beginner exercises.

To increase intensity:
Jumping jacks - hold light weights
Mt. Climbers - do double the amount listed for the day.
Burpees - add push-ups and a star jump at the end

Beginner version (work your way up):
Jumping Jacks - stay stationary and step out right foot with right arm going up in a jack, step foot back in to the center then repeat with the left foot out and left arm out.
Mt. Climbers - step foot in to tap slowly instead of fast feet.
Burpees - squat, step feet back in push up, step forward, and stand.

Get that heart pumping!

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