Cardiovascular workouts should be done on Days 2, 4 and 6. You can use the description below as a guide.
CARDIORESPIRATORY TRAINING:
- Our initial goal is to do up to 60 minutes of cardiorespiratory training a week w/ a 10% increase progression each week for 6 weeks.
- Ideally, we will be doing 30 minutes of continuous activity by week 5.
- Focus is on steady state exercise at a Rate of Perceived Exertion* between 3-4 on a scale of 1-10.*
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Couch to 5K — Complete three times this week
- Brisk five-minute warmup walk
- There are three different workouts for this week. They are as follows:
- Run one: a brisk five-minute walk, then five minutes of running, three minutes of walking, eight minutes of running, three minutes of walking and five minutes of running.
- Run two: a brisk five-minute walk, then 10 minutes of running, three minutes of walking and 10 minutes of running.
- Run three: a brisk five-minute walk, then 25 minutes of running with no walking.
- Run one: a brisk five-minute walk, then five minutes of running, three minutes of walking, eight minutes of running, three minutes of walking and five minutes of running.
Weekly Workouts Planned By YMCA of Greenville (SC) Leslie Knox – ACSM Certified Personal Trainer
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