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Slimming Cardio Sessions: 29-minute Mix-It-Up Session
| 29-Minute Mix-It-Up Session | |
| Time | Intensity (Scale of 1 to 10) |
| 5 minutes | Warm up at an easy pace, an intensity of 3 or 4. |
| 5 minutes | Increase pace to level 5, about half of your top effort, and stay there for five minutes. (If working on a treadmill, set the incline to 1 percent.) |
| 2 minutes | Take your speed up a notch to level 6 where your sentences are just beginning to get choppy. (On a treadmill, you can increase the incline to raise the intensity level or increase the resistance on other cardio machines.) |
| 5 minutes | Decrease speed (or incline, resistance) to your level 5 pace. |
| 2 minutes | Increase your speed (and incline, resistance) to take it up another notch to level 7 where it feels like you are working pretty hard. |
| 5 minutes | Decrease speed (and incline, resistance) to your level 5 pace. |
| 5 minutes | Cool down at an easy, level 3 pace. |
Originally published in FITNESS magazine, March 2010.
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