You are running short on time, you need a good quick warm-up, or you just want one heck of a Met-con (metabolic conditioning) movement. Well pick up one of the most overlooked and cheapest pieces of equipment you can get. The jump rope. Jumping rope is an amazing workout if you do it right. There are a crap load of variations that you can do and the whole time you are building up your cardiovascular endurance, as well as working your coordination. Once you have mastered the basic jump, I suggest you challenge your self with a jump that has a little more "kick" to it. Try the Double Under. Doing a double under, and then being able to do them consecutively will shoot your heart rate through the roof. All you have to do is jump a little higher and spin that rope super fast. Thats it. It will provide a better metabolic response than the treadmill or elliptical and you only need a rope and a few feet of space. If you dont know how or need help on developing your double under check out my video, it should help.
If this vid helps let me know, or better yet shoot a video of yourself doing it and post it or a link in the comments.
If you need some more incentive to go out and buy a jump rope, the rope I am using in this video is only about $4 at Meijer.
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