How To Get Faster

As someone who loves to exercise and especially loves running and cycling, I'm always searching for new ways to improve myself. Lately I've been digging in to ways to run and cycle faster since my speed is comparable to snails stumping through chocolate pudding...not so good as you can imagine. In order to improve that I started adding the following tricks to my routine and I'm already seeing a few differences. Now I'm sharing them with you so you can improve yourself as well. Let's get kicking!

Intervals
This is THE way that everyone will always tell you about. Interval training is used to keep speed while improving distance, but it can also be used to make you quicker. You can do this by running or biking just a tad bit further than you did on the last interval. Interval training is a must in every training schedule. It's great for getting faster, training endurance, it's great for cardio and stamina. Plus it's more fun than just repeating the same motion for 30 minutes.

Jump roping: The best exercise for calorie burning

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Want to burn a lot of calories as quickly as possible, but don't feel like running? Well I have a quick tip for you: Get your jump rope and get moving! Not only is skipping a lot of fun, but it also burns more calories than running does! Jump roping burns approximately 800 calories an hour. If that isn't motivation then I don't know what is. Some more benefits are:

• It's fun. It might bring back child hood memories and if you have kids you could skip together.
• It's cheap You could buy a good jump robe for 10 euros, which is nothing in comparison to some other fitness equipment.
• You can do it practically anywhere Some of you might not be able to skip inside because of low ceilings. You can do it in your garden, in the park or even on the patio.
• It's small and light Jump ropes are the perfect equipment to take with you. They're light weight and easily fit into a brief case.
• You can use the jump rope to improve strength, agility, coordination or endurance. You can improve strength if you use a weighted jump rope and agility with a speed rope.

Now that we've established that jump roping is amazing, let's make it into a little challenge. As said before, 1 hour of jump roping burns approximately 800 calories, so 10 minutes burns approx. 130 calories. Skip for 10 minutes a day for an entire month and you burn 3900 calories, which is more that 1 pound burned! This will make a perfect addition to your workouts. So:

Skip 10 minutes a day for a month and burn more than 1 pound. Good luck!

♥ Love, Vivian