I’ve found out that when doing long cardio sessions, it’s hard to keep the pace up after awhile.
So I’ve build in a 3-5 second pause every 10 minutes of cardio and walk to the table to drink two gulps of water (which I’ve prepared beforehand). This small pause re-energize me, without actually causing my heartrate to drop much. And the water will keep me going for another 10 minutes.
Instead of losing pace after awhile, I can maintain speed for a much longer period.
[...] I’ve been doing 45 minutes to 1 hour cardio sessions on the elliptical. Using this little trick, I’m able to keep it up. After an hour the soles of my feet usually starts to hurt, so I have [...]
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