JessicaSmithTV: Steady State Cardio

This workout was created in 2016 as part of My Fitness Pal’s Fall Back into fitness pledge. Jessica Smith created 5 workouts for this program to help people get back into exercise. I really enjoyed this cardio walk. As the title indicates it is not an intense workout. I used it as a doubles workout after I got home from work. According to my FitBit I burned 230 calories in 30 minutes. It is primarily low impact. And if you just continue marching instead of jogging, and don’t do the little extras Jessica suggests to increase the intensity, then the entire workout is low impact. Plus Peanut is there to keep us company. She wanders around the edge of the room then crashes.

Steady State Cardio is 30 minutes; 2 minute warm up and 2:30 minute stretch. You marching place between most of the moves. There are arm movements with most of the moves even if they are not mentioned.

1. Hamstring curl
2. Alternating heel digs while pushing arms overhead
3. Alternating knee raises, bringing hands hip to hip; add traveling forward and back
4. Cross-over front kicks
5. Side steps while sweeping arms side to side
6. Continue side stepping but on an angle while rotating hands from hip to hip
7. Hamstring curls
8. Alternating wide knee raises
9. Repeat #6-8
10. Alternate tapping feet out to sides while turning hips and pushing arms down and across body
11. Jog forward and back
12. Repeat #10
13. Grapevine
14. Side steps
15. Double side steps; add squats when stepping and also pushing arms down
16. Repeat #4
17. Wide double knee raises
18. Repeat #11
19. Step out and back in; lower into squat when stepping out
20. Keep legs wide and do stationary alternating toe taps; travel forward 4 taps while pushing arms overhead and travel back 4 taps while pushing arms down
21. Side steps
22. Alternating toe taps behind you with running man arms
23. Repeat #11
24. Double hamstring curls
25. Lateral skater taps
26. Turn to the side and march or jog forward and back
27. Repeat #3
28. Repeat #19
29. Side steps
30. Double side steps
31. Repeat #2
32. Repeat #25
33. Alternating toe taps; changes to alternating side leg raises
34. Double side steps while pushing arms overhead
35. Repeat #4
36. Repeat #11

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