And here are the holidays - a period that is considered one of the most beautiful of the year, but also one of the most stressful. Perhaps you are worried about New Year's plans, baking and cooking for the whole family, or a lot of chores - it will be a great job for you if you relieve your body and mind with a short but extremely effective recreation. We have prepared a 10-minute cardio workout for you, which will relieve you of holiday stress.
During the festive season when our days are full errands, meetings, trips and also not so healthy food, it happens too soon that we feel overloaded and under stress. Then it is important to find at least during the day 10 minutes, which we will only use Yourself, his own physical fitness and psychological well-being.
10-minute cardio workout is perfect for everyday, and of course you can continue with it even after the holidays. Because it ranks among relatively light forms of recreation, you won't take it hard and since it only takes 10 minutes, it gives you an excuse there is a lack of time, but you don't.
We suggest that you look for motivation for exercise not only in the desire to lose holiday calories, but in the awareness of how well it affects yours psycho. During physical activity, they are released in our brain endorphins, which raises ours mood and suddenly gave us the feeling that the challenges before us are not insurmountable.
It is recommended that you do at least a few things before your workout stretching exercises– in this way you will prevent muscle pain. The exercise is divided into 5 parts, and each of them lasts 1 minute. After completing the 5th part of the exercise (kicking back), do another one in the same sequence one round.
Holidays - happy, but also stressful period Photo: Leeloo Thefirst / Pexels10-minute cardio workout
1. Walking/running in place : The first part of the workout is quite simple: walk or run in place for 60 seconds, keeping your breathing as steady as possible.
2. Raising the knees: Continue running in place, but now keep your knees up and bent: with each step, raise one of your knees to hip height.
3. Step aside: Stand with your feet hip-width apart, then extend your right leg away from your body and touch the floor with your toes. Then return the leg to the starting position and repeat the exercise with the left leg. Alternate side steps for 60 seconds.
4. Steps to the side with arms raised: Continue to step to the side, except that each time your toes touch the floor, raise both arms above your head (your arms should be extended). Lower your hands as you return your leg to the starting position.
5. Kick back: Begin the exercise in a straight position with your feet hip-width apart. Then kick back with your right leg, bending the knee and lifting the foot as high as possible. Then repeat the exercise with the left leg and alternate legs for 1 minute.
Knee raises Photo: Dinielle De Veyra / Pexels
