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SHARNA BENDER

Highintensityanyday!Lowintensityisgreat

for those days when you don’t have a lot of

energy but you still need to do something. It’s

also a great way to clear the mind, or recover

from a heavy training session, however

ifyou’relookingtoloseweightthenhigh

intensityitis.

WhatIloveabouthighintensityisthatyou

don’t have to do it for long. You actually burn

more calories in 20-30 minutes than if you were

slavingawayonthetreadmillforhours.It’s

easy to slot it into your day and, best of all, it

keepsyourbodytonedwithoutlosingyour

well-earned muscle.

With high-intensity cardio, there are

so many different things you can do. It

canbeanythingfromsprints,skipping,

HIIT or Tabata. Whatever you choose,

make sure you mix things up to keep

yourbodyguessing,giveit100percent

and, most importantly, have fun.

LESLEY MAXWELL

A mix of both

high and low-

intensity cardio,

performed during

thesamecardio

workout in the

form of ‘interval

training’, works

for me. When

I’m trying to

lose that extra

couple of kilos

for a competition

or a photo shoot,

I’lladdafew

sessions each

week of ‘interval

training’.

Isavethismethodofcardio

training as my ’turbo

charge’ for when I need

it to burn extra body fat.

Your body can’t ‘adapt’ to

interval training as you

are constantly changing

thepaceandkeepingyour

body guessing. However for

most of my training days,

I’ll perform low intensity

with a brisk walk a few

times a week. You can create

your own interval training

workouts simply by adding

some extra step-ups to your

walk, or sprinting between

two telephone poles and

then walking briskly for the

next two. Another favourite

of mine is a hill climb –

anything that raises your

heart rate throughout your

normal walking pace. It’s

great for accelerating fat loss

and makes your workout

more interesting.

SKYE CUSHWAY

I think a combination of both high

andlowintensityisgreatforfat

loss.Fastcardioworksbestfor

me when I'm close to competing

in figure comps. I do believe in

changing things up every couple

of weeks, especially when your

body hits a plateau. With clients

who are trying to lose weight, I

always start them off with low

intensity a couple of times per

week on an empty stomach. After

afewweeks,andespeciallyif

they stop getting results, I will

ampthingsupandaddsome

high-intensity sessions. I always

make sure high intensity is done

after eating, as you will run out of

gas really fast and start burning

your muscle instead of burning

fat. Most of all, make sure you do

cardio that you enjoy.

SKYE, PENNY, SHARNA, JUSTINE PHOTO CREDIT: DALLAS OLSEN | LESLEY PHOTO BY: ANDREW K | LESLEY CLOTHING BY: LULULEMON

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