The Best Body Boot Camp program I am following called for a 25-minute interval workout and I opted to do my intervals on the elliptical. I ended up completing the following 25 minute elliptical interval workout before finishing up my time at the gym with a total-body superset workout:
A couple of notes about this workout: I used an elliptical with moveable arms and definitely utilized my arms to help me through the higher resistance levels! Push ‘n’ pull! Also, the elliptical I used didn’t allow me to adjust the incline at all, so the incline I used for the above workout was simply the default incline level of the Precor elliptical with arms at my gym. I just adjusted the resistance levels and managed to get a kick-butt workout that way.
When I typically think of interval workouts, running and walking workouts come to mind, but I shouldn’t rule out the elliptical. Adjusting the resistance levels can deliver a serious workout!
More elliptical workouts:
- 50 Minute Elliptical Interval Workout
- Beat Boredom Interval Workout
- 20 Minute Elliptical Hill Workout
- 20 Minute Elliptical Workout
- 50 Minute Crazy Incline Elliptical Workout
Breakfast
The flavors that found their way onto my breakfast plate this morning do not exactly mesh well together, but I was craving salsa and cinnamon raisin toast, so I went with it.
I ate them separately and after consuming every last bite of my salsa scrambled eggs, the sweet, crispy toast was a great conclusion to my morning meal. Prior to last week, I think at least a year passed since the last time I had cinnamon raisin toast, but my love for the swirled bread returned with a vengeance!
I bought a loaf last week on a whim and bought another loaf this week and can’t seem to get enough. I’m sure I’ll eat it non-stop until I get sick of it and abandon it for another year. That seems to be the trend with this bread!
Question of the Morning
- What is one food that you love that you neglected for a while but recently rediscovered?
My answer is obviously cinnamon raisin toast, but I also cannot seem to resist yogurt-covered pretzels at the moment. I forgot just how tasty those lil’ guys are and adore the sweet and salty flavor combination.
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This is kind of weird, but I would have to say grapes. I always forget how much I love them until I buy them and finish the whole bag in a couple of days. They’re on my list for the store tonight, actually!
This is just the sort of interval workout that I was looking for to complete at a hotel gym tomorrow morning!
Love yogurt and chocolate covered pretzels, but I have recently rediscovered a love of cashew nuts after not having any for ages. yum.
Kashi GoLean cereal! I eat it more as a snack than a breakfast food 🙂
Green beans! Totally random but I completely forgot how good they are roasted!!!
Hey Julie! This comment is kind of off topic, but I’m wondering if you could post (or maybe you already have posted) about how you trained Sadie to run with you. My husband and I just got a lab/greyhound mix and I know she’d benefit from daily runs with us, but she is just SO awful on a run — zig-zagging everywhere, smelling everything, stopping, lunging at dogs/people, etc. Thoughts??
hi amber! i use a gentle leader harness and it made a HUGE difference. she can’t really pull when she’s in the harness (it hooks in the front of her body.) HIGHLY recommended!!!
Awesome! Thank you so much! I will definitely check the Gentle Leader out!
Candy corn! I haven’t had it in years, because I truly thought I hated the stuff. I actually purposely bought it for a bowl in my apartment because I thought I wouldn’t need self control around it and yet now I’m eating it by the handful. 🙂
I love yogurt covered pretzels and raisins…mmm.
just regular old peanut butter! I’d been buying almond butter and “just peanuts” peanut butter for while, but the other day I picked up some Skippy’s Natural and now I’m kind of obsessed. 🙂
There’s a restaurant in Jupiter that serves chicken salad sandwiches (with a slice of pineapple and melted American cheese) on cinnamon swirl bread. The combination sounds ridiculous but it’s surprisingly good – try it out sometime!
This is going to make me sound crazy, but that’s how I eat everything. I go crazy on it for a few weeks, and then I’m burned out on it for a few months. Just happened with cauliflower. Before that it was watermelon. Before that, boiled egg whites, and before that was oatmeal. I guess I just get in a rut and eat the same things– especially when I’m tracking calories because it’s so much easier when it’s already been measured.
For me it would be kettle corn. Oh how addicting it can be.
Awesome elliptical workouts, thanks.
Julie: This elliptical workout kicked my butt tonight! I’m doing Tina’s bootcamp as well and this was perfect. I’ve had 4 knee surgeries and trying desperately to avoid my 5th by not running anymore, etc. So I’ve been doing a LOT of elliptical — and this really help mix it up and make it challenging. Thanks so much.
Pattie
I’ve neglected jam but have recently re-discovered it occasionally for treats, OH and grapes!
I did this yesterday and had me sweatin’ a lot more than I expected, thank you!
I did this workout this morning as my intervals for Bootcamp and was sweating like crazy! Thanks Julie!
Awesome elliptical workout! Did it yesterday afternoon and was sweating like crazy! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Thank you so much for posting this new elliptical interval workout!
I regularly do your 20 min hill elliptical workout and LOVE it now that I can finally conquer it 🙂
This seems so HARD….don’t laugh!!
What incline do you use?
Awesome elliptical workouts, thanks.I have been neglecting corn but with a lil twist and Masala i love it .Thanks for your post