I have had too many women tell me that they have old exercise equipment like treadmills and elliptical trainers that are just sitting in the garage collecting dust. The fact is that they want to use the stuff or at least they did at one time, but they don't really know the best way to go about doing it. The following 2 exercises are great for women to utilize that old equipment and to get a tremendous workout.

Exercise 1: The Elliptical Hill Interval-This is a pretty obvious sounding exercise. It is intense and can work well with anything that you do. To start, just jump on it and adjust your grade to climb uphill. You want to set it to go up as high as you can possibly handle it for a duration of at least 2 minutes. Once you hit the 2 minutes then you can literally either stop to rest or simply slow down your pace. Try to repeat this at least 5 times completing 5 total 2 minute intervals of short intense cardio. As you progress lengthen either your time, climbing grade, or use the time you normally rest between intervals to engage in some sort of strength training.

Exercise 2: Treadmill Sprints-This also is as obvious as it sounds although you may have to be a bit careful with the speed of the treadmill. First of all, make sure that you are very familiar with the operation of your treadmill. You want to feel absolutely comfortable with its operation before attempting any sprint work. This is very similar to the elliptical hill interval that I described above. Get on your treadmill and gradually increase the speed to a fast pace. You basically want to get it going as fast as you can stand to run for about 10-15 seconds. I would highly recommend that you progress your running program before attempting. Again, after the interval you can slow it to recover and repeat. Attempt to do 8-10 of these intervals in the beginning. This will burn the fat right off of you giving you a flat stomach quicker than you will if you allow the machine to continue to sit around and collect dust all of the time.