The treadmill is probably the most common cardio workout you have ever heard of. While it is quite effective in blasting fat, we all know what it is like working out on a treadmill. Needless to say, it is much like a hamster running on a spinning wheel. Hence, we shall drift away and take a step forward from the most conventional forms of cardio workouts, and take you on a journey towards a more heart thumping, exciting side of cardio!
If you’ve been looking for ways to gain benefits of the best cardio workouts while not mourning out of boredom, then the following exercises are the best deal you will find.

The 55 Workout

The 55 workout is an amalgamation of various different cardio exercises which will give you a plethora of benefits, making it one of the best cardio workouts there is. The 55 workout aims at providing for your cardiovascular benefit needs associated with an aerobic training session, along with muscular building prompted by the strength session.

• Starting up, you are required to perform a single body weight followed by 10 pushups.
• Rest for not more than 30 seconds and perform 2 squats followed by 9 pushups
• Next, 10 squats and 1 pushup
• Continue on till you’ve accomplished 55 reps of each exercise

 The 10 meter Sprint

The 10 meter sprints are much like a run on the treadmill, but more intense. The resulting benefit of the ten meter sprints is that you gain more in less time and distance than you would by running on a treadmill.

• Find an open space in your gym or elsewhere where you can run a  ten meter sprint
• Pause and Inhale and exhale through your nose just once
• Sprint another 10 meters and pause again
• Inhale and exhale twice this time
• Continue the 10 minute sprinting with normal breathing followed by a pause of inhaling and exhaling with each time consisting of an additional inhalation and exhalation till the time you can no longer breathe normally from your nose.

The Jumping Jack Pyramid

The jumping jack pyramid is an intense exercise and is a little adrift from the conventional style jumping jacks we usually perform. The added pressure of following a set procedure makes this workout one of the best cardio workouts you will come across as it is more intense and provides more efficient cardio benefits.

• • Perform as many jumping jacks as you possibly can for 10 seconds
  • Rest for ten seconds
  • Perform as many jumping jacks as you for 20 seconds this time, and rest for 20 seconds after.
  • Lastly, perform 30 seconds worth of jumping jacks, followed by a 30 second break.
  • Now, work your way back up to the pyramid with the 30 second drill first, followed by the 20 second one and lastly the 10 seconds worth of jumping jacks with a ten second break to finish off the best aerobic workout involving jumping jacks.