How can i get good cardio on my own?

[rickynig]

So the gym im going to is pretty small and only open on tuesdays thursdays and saturdays and while the training in there is intense as hell its still not enough to have me fully conditioned for a fight.

so i was wondering if you guys could give me some pointers on how i could get conditioned on my own or with a partner.

so far ive only been running 20 minutes a day and that didnt help at all for my last fight...

so yeah anything helps just give me some stuff youve tried and it doesnt matter how intense it is just as long as it works=D
thanks.

[Borb]

Burpees.

[Standard]

How to finally solve your conditioning problem

Read this, your key will be undestanding where you need to focus on, in basics find where you RHR is, anywhere between 40-60 should be the rough base you need for aerobic, and then a focus on anerobic condtioning. There is alot more to the mix than just those 2 things, but how to get conditioned is not a one post reply.

[paolo27th]

^^^what he said.
Plus, I guess those 3 days are for skill training? Well if you want to fight you`ll have to up skill training to 6 times a week.... and do conditioning in the morning.
Really, 20mins running ain`t all that much. Start doing 30 mins and then throw in some burpees or sprints at the end.
That will be a start.

[BayAreaGuy]

Run more/faster/incline ect...

sprints

circuit routine with weights of body weight

[Blaynedo]

dont run for an amount of time. and fuck treadmills and tracks. they arent as effective as running to a place or something of that sort. trust me ill explain its weird idk if anyone else has noticed it but i can run much farther jogging 1.5 miles across town to get a gatorade then running back nonstop. on a treadmill i barely go a mile without almost dying (i am running 10 mph though, which is like a 6:30 mile). set a goal for your self, such as im going to run to this gas station, which is about .5 miles away to get a drink, and run back. set your goals farther and farther each day.

[purplemonkey]

If you can get outdoors, look for a long steep hill. Make sure you have something to use as markers (like cones).

Start at the top, jogging slowly down the hill, and leave a cone every 10 meters or so. Then from the bottom you do suicides all the way up (i.e. run to the first one, run back to the bottom, then run to the second one, down to the bottom, etc).

If you fancy yourself as a fairly fit person, try sprinting up and jogging back.

But with whatever you do, just make sure its high intensity. Even if all you're doing is pushups and situps for example, do it with high intensity. 25 pushups, then immediately roll over and do 50 situps, immediately turn and do another 25 pushups, etc. No breaks, and set yourself a goal of maybe 100 pushups and 200 situps when starting out, and work on increasing your limits.

Whatever you do, don't stop until you hit your target, otherwise its pointless. The most conditioning (IMO) is done when your body wants to stop but you force yourself to continue.