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I haven’t been on the stairmaster for months.  It is amazing how hard this machine can work you when you haven’t used it in a while.
30 Minute HIIT Stairmaster (Easy Version)
 
Minutes          Speed              Steps per Min
3                      5                                  57       
2                      7                                  73
1                      9                                  88
1                      12                                112
Do  Speeds 7-12 again
 
3                      5                                  57
2                      9                                  88
1                      12                                112
30 sec              14                                [...]

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I did a Hiit on the Elliptical for my Cardio.  I burned 514 calories in 40 minutes and went over 5000 strides.
Elliptical HIIT Cardio Workout
I am using a Predcor machine.  Not new, but not ancient either.  Hopefully, the numbers will be able to work for your machine too.
40 minute HIIT Training on the Elliptical
 
Time                      [...]

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This workout was done on Monday.  I am a bit behind on my blog.  Sorry.
Cardio Workout
Treadmill-ran for 35 minutes on Alpine, at a light jog.
Calves and Hamstring Power Workout (All exercises were completed with 10 lb ankle weights on each leg.)
Floor Kicks 3 sets of 25 reps on each leg using 10 lb ankle weights
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Before I forget I need to say that my butt workouts seem to be paying off on my body.  I am liking that!
I worked out on Saturday and took Sunday off.
Cardio Workout
I decided to do a slow easy jog on the treadmill.  I set the program to Alpine Pass.  That is my favorite setting.  The [...]

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I am going to listen to what the personal trainer told me and start Power Weekthis week.  Once I cycle through all my body parts I will do the more reps, less weight week.
Cardio:
I ran on the treadmill for 35 minutes including warm-up and cool down.  Went 3 miles.  I have not yet figured out [...]

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Updating

We were out of town for the weekend so I didn’t blog what I did on Friday and Saturday.  I will keep it short and sweet.  I did HIIT training on the treadmill.  Basically, I only burned 50-75 more calories then if I would have done the treadmill the way I normally do.  On Saturday [...]

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I tried HIIT today as a cardio workout.  It was interesting.  Here are the rules of HIIT training. 
HIIT RULES
Warm up for 5 minutes
Do 1 minutes as hard as you can. (On a scale of 1-10 . . shoot for a 9 or 10)
Recover for 2 minutes at a moderate pace(level 6-7 on scale)
That is called [...]

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Running

I ran today on the treadmill.  I waited to write this blog so I could see how my shin splint was feeling.  It is beginning to be a constant ache.  Yuck!  I was hoping that this wouldn’t happen.  Here is the workout low down:
Treadmill:
Ran for 30 minutes at a pace that varied between 5.8- 6.5 [...]

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I met with a personal trainer yesterday for a little over an hour.  It was the first time we had met.  Our time was spent having her ask me a series of questions, and her offering me suggestion to help my workouts. Plus we did a body fat test.  I will get the results of the [...]

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Since I have titled this blog, “Looking good for 40″  I thought I should include any tips I hear about.  Here is one, —-
What do you look at to try and guess a persons age? 
I look at the persons neck and hands.  I don’t have any neck tips, but I do have a hand tip.  You [...]

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