If you are looking to lose weight, tone up and have a leaner look, cardio is a big part of getting there. You will not only receive a cardiovascular routine, homework to do on your own, but your workout will also involve short intervals of high intensity cardio training. These intervals will be anywhere from two minutes to four minutes and will be done on a cardio machine or by jumping rope, boxing, hill climbers etc. The point of these intervals in to increase your heart rate during your workouts and bringing back down several times in one hour to burn extra calories and condition your heart and lungs to achieve a higher endurance level making your body’s metabolism respond for a longer period of time even when you are not working out. What type of cardio intervals you will have in your program will be based on your fitness assessment and health questionnaire. Everyone starts out at their own level of fitness and builds up from that point.