“Strength and Stamina by Fit with Sylvia”

Sylvia Diaz, founder of Fit with Sylvia, is a fitness and health coach. She helps busy professionals get healthier and fitter runs online fitness dance classes and also works as a digital content creator.

Strength and stamina will help us perform an activity without feeling fatigued or exhausted. Stamina is the energy that allows us to make a physical or mental effort for prolonged periods of time.

Increasing our stamina will help us endure discomfort or stress when we’re active. So how can we boost our stamina and strength?

Cardio activities along with resistance training are the types of workouts that we should add to our routine. If we only focus on cardio, like running or cycling, that’s simply a part of endurance-building that allows us to go further. We need to build muscle to help absorb the impact that would otherwise put stress on our joints. The other way around, if we focus too much only on building muscle without improving our cardiovascular system, we might feel more tired after a few repetitions within a set.

Although most people split their routine into strength day and cardio day, combining both workouts will give us the advantage of having different muscles work and that will improve our heart and cardiovascular system. For example, instead of cycling or running for one hour, leaving the weights for another day, follow a program combining different types of exercises where you can build both strength and stamina. For example: bench press, immediately followed by push-ups, then jumping jacks and repeat. Another good example: Skipping rope for a minute, followed by squats and sit-ups. Repeat.

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