What is the best form of high intensity cardio?

I already know about Bear Crawls, sprints, hill running, stair running, high intensity heavy bag training, high intensity shadow boxing, and jump roping.





Are there any other high intensity cardio exercises?





Thanks very much.|||I%26#039;d suggest that any of those would work, all you have to do is committ to training in any one or two of them often enough to get some benefit.





A couple of things I think you overlooked though:





--Any weight-bearing cardio you do is going to be more intense if you *bear more weight*. So if your choices up there feel tame to you after the first month%26#039;s workouts, you may wish to consider investing, either in a weighted vest or in a full-frame and loaded down backpack. You don%26#039;t want to overdo this as it will increase your risks of hurting your back, but adding a little upper-body weight to your cardio can help a lot.





--If you don%26#039;t have the time to do much more than your cardio, you may wish to spend *one or two* of your cardio days on a rowing machine. It isn%26#039;t weight-bearing but it is one of the few cardio-vascular exercises that works your upper body, so if you keep your training intervals intense, you will be able to work in some upper-body strength training while you do your cardio as well.





Another alternative that is both weight-bearing but *much* less common is the treadwall...any good indoor climbing gym (think: rock-climbing) should have one, but finding an indoor climbing gym is the pisser here. My hometown had one, but it went out of business recently--it%26#039;s just not a popular option because climbing is *hard* for a lot of folks (it can be difficult and expensive...never mind anyone%26#039;s fear of heights).





But yeah...you might want to look into getting some upper body fitness going too with your cardio....I hope this helps. ^_^|||Try %26quot;Yales%26quot;. We did these while training for sweep rowing (olympic style eight man rowing) at Orange Coast College. Take a lighter weight bar bell (55, 65, 75 or so) depending upon your size you may do more but don%26#039;t try a heavy bar, take one that is manageable. You will do many reps with this weight.





Approach the bar like you are going to do a clean and jerk. Set your grip and lift the bar to chest high (clean and jerk), press over your head (military press), drop the weight to your shoulders behind your neck and do a squat. Come back up quickly, press back above your head and come back to your shoulders in front of your head and then bring the weight back to the floor... That%26#039;s one repition. Try sets of fifteen to start and build up to five sets of 45 or more if you like.





You will get a full body workout from Yales and they blast everything, shoulders, back, arms, legs, butt and lungs. It%26#039;s intense and they make you feel great.





Enjoy!!!





KK