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Old 06-29-2009, 03:15 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Training Cardio at Home

Anything needed?? I am in the process of building myself a little home gym to train Muay Thai, Strength/Power and Conditioning, I train Muay thai at a MT gym and go to a commercial gym to train the latter too but over the summer I really want to take it to another level.
Im just wondering if anything is necessary to training conditioning at home,Obivously you can't train Strength or Muay Thai at home without equipment but Im thinking cardio might be different?? I use the Bike and Treadmill twice a week at the commercial gym so it that enough of the machines and would situps, burpees etc.. be enough without having to buy anything else???
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Old 06-29-2009, 03:28 PM   #2 (permalink)

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Conditioning doesn't require a lot fancy equipment, assuming you live in a neighborhood where it is safe to be outside.
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Old 06-29-2009, 05:05 PM   #3 (permalink)

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Old 06-29-2009, 07:33 PM   #4 (permalink)

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Old 06-29-2009, 09:49 PM   #6 (permalink)

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i prefer the gym over home, just because i can be lazy at home, but once you get to the gym, its all business.

check out the conditioning challenges sticky, past months are posted. many of them can be done with little to no equipment.

as far as at home conditioning, mix some stuff up to really get your heart rate going, you don't need to run 20 minutes a day to get a good cardio workout. heres a sample at home cardio that i do.

5 sets of:
30 sec burpee's (with pushup + tuck jump), 45 sec shadow boxing (i use a heavy bag), 1 minute jump rope
90 sec rest
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