(Or How We Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Drinking Water) Screen shot 2013-10-23 at 9.25.08 AMSince the 1940s the American health establishment has recommended 8 glasses of water each day. The National Academy of Sport Medicine, NASM, ups the liquid intake requirement recommending that men drink 3 liters (99[…]
Read More »We love the box jump at Cardio High. Doing box jumps for a 45-second interval will get the heart rate up without jarring the body. Box Jump Air 1We emphasize starting with a squat and springing up while swinging the arms in an upward motion. Aim for a soft landing[…]
Read More »At Cardio High we like to measure the intensity of our workouts. The Borg Rating of Perceived Exertion (or Borg Scale) is one of the fitness industry standards for measuring the intensity of exercise. The scale runs from 6 to 20. Starting at 6 may seem totally random, but the[…]
Read More »Peter Driscoll thinks of the world as his gym. A CrossFit trainer and elementary school teacher from Vermont, he demonstrates how to do a Tabata-style workout even on vacation where gyms aren’t always easy to find. Peter shot this video in Haiphong, Vietnam where he lunges through a rice field[…]
Read More »Ever since There’s Something About Mary, people have been convinced that you needed at least 7 minutes to get a decent workout. In fact, the New York Times recently published a workout regimen that only required a chair, a wall and 7 minutes out of your day. But Norwegian scientists[…]
Read More »The Cardio High Scale Everyone is different – some people can sprint 100 meters without breaking a sweat while others may become winded after climbing a set of stairs. At Cardio High we are dedicated to experimentation as we strive to find excellent routines to safely help clients experience the[…]
Read More »1. The Tabata Protocol is a 4-minute interval sequence of 8 bouts of intense exercise for 20 seconds separated by 10 seconds of rest. 2. Izumi Tabata, a Japanese researcher started using the interval technique in a study examining high-intensity interval training or HIIT. In 1996 he studied two groups[…]
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