Again Wit the Healthy Talk!?

I’d prefer walking over tae bo and running. But with any aerobic exercise most important factors are duration and intensity. How long do you plan to exercise each session?

Really, walking over tae bo and running!? Thanks for the comment by-the-way. With the aerobic workout it’s pretty fast paced for half an hour. They have a cardio, abs and ultimate. I’ve only done the cardio and abs. What amazes me more than anything else is the agility of these skinny folks. While I’m struggling to keep up with the pace, they are hoping and jumping around, stopping on a dime! It’s working out though, I didn’t have a hard time keeping up this go around.

So; to clearly answer your question Tae Bo is 4x a week at half hour, and walking is 3x a week at half hour. The walking is broken up into 5 min walk, 20 min jog/walk (one day I’ll run the entire 20 minutes), and another 5min walk for cool down.

Nice! Good luck with your program. I hope you reach your goals real soon.

I would OTOH prefer a different approach. See cardio is essentially not for calorie burning. I know this sounds stupid, but read on. Let’s say you burn 350 calories per hour (which is a very high rate by the way), and you do 2 sessions 1.5 hrs total. This amounts to just 500 calories, just compare with a normal sized meal for you.

Main purpose of cardio workout should be to increase resting metabolism. That way you can go way beyond that 500 calories a day.

The reason why I would prefer walking over other (more enjoyable stuff) is basically you have greater control over your workout. Especially if you have a treadmill. You can control the inclination and speed, more importantly you can **keep them constant** during your workout. I doubt you can walk 7 km/h steadily outdoors.

Martial arts are a great cardio workout. I don’t really have a positive opinion on tae bo though.

In any case, good luck with it. Keep us posted

Really, walking over tae bo and running!? Thanks for the comment by-the-way. With the aerobic workout it’s pretty fast paced for half an hour. They have a cardio, abs and ultimate. I’ve only done the cardio and abs. What amazes me more than anything else is the agility of these skinny folks. While I’m struggling to keep up with the pace, they are hoping and jumping around, stopping on a dime! It’s working out though, I didn’t have a hard time keeping up this go around.

So; to clearly answer your question Tae Bo is 4x a week at half hour, and walking is 3x a week at half hour. The walking is broken up into 5 min walk, 20 min jog/walk (one day I’ll run the entire 20 minutes), and another 5min walk for cool down.