Low Impact Cardio is a short and fun cardio workout from Heather Robertson. There are no complicated moves. Heather gets your heart elevated without any jumping. Low impact does not mean low intensity! According to my Apple watch I burned 184 calories and remained primarily in Zone 3 and Zone 4 of my heart rate zone (cardio zones). Not too bad! A great little workout for when your short on time or to add onto the end of another workout.
The exercises are all done interval style: 45 seconds of work followed by 15 seconds of recovery. There is a timer in the lower right hand corner of the screen counting down your intervals and recoveries. During the recoveries Heather previews your next exercise.
Low Impact Cardio is 25:42 minutes; 35 second intro, 2:10 minute warm up and 2 minute stretch. Equipment: fitness mat.
- Flying frog (squats, tapping fingers to floor between legs while in squat, when you stand raise onto toes, alternate opening arms out to sides in a T when raising onto toes with raising both arms overhead)
- Side lunge & drive (step out to side into side lunge, push back to start while also doing a knee raise)
- Repeat #2 on other side of body
- Skate & reach (alternating cross back lunges, reach one hand to floor while in lunge, reach both arms overhead when changing sides)
- Squat jack (stand with legs close together, lower into a narrow squat reaching hands to floor beside feet, when you stand, step one foot out to side with jumping jack arms, repeat this sequence stepping out with other leg)
- Kick & twist (stand with hands behind head, do one knee raise bringing opposite elbow to knee, tap foot back then do one straight leg front raise/kick (same leg) and tap toe with opposite hand)
- Repeat #6 on other side of body
- Touch down & tap (alternate hop tapping legs/foot out to side, torso remains hinged forward throughout interval, when tapping leg out reach opposite hand toward floor while other hand is behind back)
- Inchworm climbers (stand at end of mat, hinge forward and walk hands out to plank, do 2 mountain climbers (once each leg), walk hands back to feet, stand raising into toes and raising arms overhead)
- Crab dance (in crab/reverse tabletop, raise one leg to ceiling while reaching for toe with opposite hand, alternate sides)
- 30 second rest
- Repeat #1-10
For more info on Heather Robertson’s workouts and other (free) streaming workouts I’ve sampled and reviewed, check out my Streaming page.
