CANADIAN PHYSIQUE ALLIANCE AUGUST || ISSUE 37 | Page 53

GET C REATIVE WITH YOUR
C ARDIO
By Natasha Davis
Take advantage of this
beautiful summer and get
creative with your training by
taking your cardio outdoors! I
think we can get stuck with the
thought that having an
effective and successful
workout means spending
lengthy time on a stationary
cardio machine indoors.
When we head to the same
gym, day after day, we can
easily get into a rut and begin
to lose motivation or
inspiration. That’s not to say
we are not committed enough
to our goals or do not want
something bad enough – it’s
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just real and honest boredom 
with our surroundings. It’s true With the heat waves that most
that we can outgrow our Canadians have been
environment enough to the experiencing, it may be smart
point where we are no to save the outdoor cardio for
longer thriving or evolving. I, first thing in the morning while
myself, am definitely not one the weather is still tolerable!
that enjoys long periods of Pick up your shoes first thing in
time on a stationary cardio the morning and head outside
machine.  This is why one of for a great run or bike ride!
the ways I like to switch up my Need some extra challenge?
routine is by actually getting Swap up city running/cycling
outside in nature! There are so for trails and hills! Need to do
many activities that can be sprints or high intensity
done outside for your cardio intervals? Find some stairs at a
sessions, especially now during local sporting venue, set up
the summer months! Don’t pylons in a field and complete
spend your whole summer sprints, or hit up some sprints
inside of a gym wishing to be at your local
outside soaking up the sun! Get school/community track. 
adventurous!